linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] w1: add 1-wire master driver for IP block found in SGI ASICs

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Date:   Wed, 4 Sep 2019 13:48:37 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>
Cc:     Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] w1: add 1-wire master driver for IP block found
 in SGI ASICs

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 10:26:21AM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Starting with SGI Origin machines nearly every new SGI ASIC contains
> an 1-Wire master. They are used for attaching One-Wire prom devices,
> which contain information about part numbers, revision numbers,
> serial number etc. and MAC addresses for ethernet interfaces.
> This patch adds a master driver to support this IP block.
> It also adds an extra field dev_id to struct w1_bus_master, which
> could be in used in slave drivers for creating unique device names.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/w1/masters/Kconfig           |   9 +++
>  drivers/w1/masters/Makefile          |   1 +
>  drivers/w1/masters/sgi_w1.c          | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/platform_data/sgi-w1.h |  13 ++++

Why platform data?  I thought that was the "old way", and the "proper
way" now is to use device tree?

thanks,

greg k-h