linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] i2c: core: Move ACPI IRQ handling to probe time

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2019 09:22:49 +0100
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     <wsa@...-dreams.de>, <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>, <jbroadus@...il.com>,
        <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] i2c: core: Move ACPI IRQ handling to probe time

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 08:04:04PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 03:28:58PM +0100, Charles Keepax wrote:
> > Bring the ACPI path in sync with the device tree path and handle all the
> > IRQ fetching at probe time. This leaves the only IRQ handling at device
> > registration time being that which is passed directly through the board
> > info as either a resource or an actual IRQ number.
> > 
> 
> It seems my comments weren't addressed by one or another reason.
> This one I would rather to split with exporting function as a separate patch.
> 

With the switch to passing in i2c_client it makes for some fairly
awkward gymnastics and "ping pong" programming to do so. I guess
we could leave the function taking in an acpi_device but just
felt like a slightly less user friendly interface. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Charles