linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/12] platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Provide software nodes for the devices

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Message-ID: <20190411133546.GA25743@kuha.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:35:46 +0300
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/12] platform/x86: intel_cht_int33fe: Provide
 software nodes for the devices

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 04:31:51PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 6:25 PM Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Software nodes provide two features that we will need later.
> > 1) Software nodes can have references to other software nodes.
> > 2) Software nodes can exist before a device entry is created.
> >
> 
> It seems does two things in one patch, and the first one is not
> mentioned in the commit message.
> I would suggest to create a preparation patch which extracts finding
> and registering max17047 device followed by what you do here.

OK, I'll split the patch.

thanks,

-- 
heikki