linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/10] mfd / platform: cros_ec: Reorganize platform and mfd includes

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Message-ID: <20190605142000.GC962@kunai>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2019 16:20:00 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] mfd / platform: cros_ec: Reorganize platform and
 mfd includes

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 05:20:15PM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> There is a bit of mess between cros-ec mfd includes and platform
> includes. For example, we have a linux/mfd/cros_ec.h include that
> exports the interface implemented in platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c. Or
> we have a linux/mfd/cros_ec_commands.h file that is non related to the
> multifunction device (in the sense that is not exporting any function of
> the mfd device). This causes crossed includes between mfd and
> platform/chrome subsystems and makes the code difficult to read, apart
> from creating 'curious' situations where a platform/chrome driver includes
> a linux/mfd/cros_ec.h file just to get the exported functions that are
> implemented in another platform/chrome driver.
> 
> In order to have a better separation on what the cros-ec multifunction
> driver does and what the cros-ec core provides move and rework the
> affected includes doing:
> 
>  - Move cros_ec_commands.h to include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_commands.h
>  - Get rid of the parts that are implemented in the platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c
>    driver from include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h to a new file
>    include/linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
>  - Update all the drivers with the new includes, so
>    - Drivers that only need to know about the protocol include
>      - linux/platform_data/cros_ec_proto.h
>      - linux/platform_data/cros_ec_commands.h
>    - Drivers that need to know about the cros-ec mfd device also include
>      - linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> (for the I2C part)


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