linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] mfd: cros_ec: differentiate SCP from EC by feature bit.

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Message-ID: <20190425090615.GG14758@dell>
Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:06:15 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
Cc:     Pi-Hsun Shih <pihsun@...omium.org>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] mfd: cros_ec: differentiate SCP from EC by
 feature bit.

On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> On 12/4/19 9:18, Pi-Hsun Shih wrote:
> > System Companion Processor (SCP) is Cortex M4 co-processor on some
> > MediaTek platform that can run EC-style firmware. Since a SCP and EC
> > would both exist on a system, and use the cros_ec_dev driver, we need to
> > differentiate between them for the userspace, or they would both be
> > registered at /dev/cros_ec, causing a conflict.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pi-Hsun Shih <pihsun@...omium.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
> 
> Lee, there are several patches touching these files right now so you could have
> to solve some trivial conflicts. If you want I send a series with all that apply
> cleanly just let me know.

It would be ideal if you could bundle them to avoid conflicts.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]
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