linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] nvmem: remove unused APIs

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:58:49 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Alban Bedel <albeu@...e.fr>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] nvmem: remove unused APIs

2018-09-10 9:32 GMT+02:00 Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>:
>
>
> On 07/09/18 11:07, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>
>> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
>>
>> Remove all APIs dealing with nvmem_cell_info. There are no users and
>> this part of the subsystem will be reworked.
>>
>> This patch temprarily disables support for non-DT users.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 212 ++-------------------------------
>>   include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h |  26 ----
>>   include/linux/nvmem-provider.h |  13 --
>>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 239 deletions(-)
>
>
> This looks totally un-necessary, Other patches in this series adds them
> back.. Consider updating these in those respective patches.!
>

While this may not be entirely necessary, it's very useful. There's
almost nothing common between this API and the new one added later in
this series. Later patches are MUCH cleaner thanks to this removal and
I believe it makes them easier for review.

Best regards,
Bart