linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] i2c: addition of client reg/unreg callbacks

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Message-ID: <20200523104905.GC3459@ninjato>
Date:   Sat, 23 May 2020 12:49:05 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@...com>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        pierre-yves.mordret@...com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        fabrice.gasnier@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] i2c: addition of client reg/unreg callbacks

On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 07:51:09AM +0200, Alain Volmat wrote:
> Addition of two callbacks reg_client and unreg_client that can be
> implemented by adapter drivers in order to take action whenever a
> client is being registered to it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@...com>

Sorry, but NACK. After years of work, we just recently got rid of attach
and detach callbacks. They were abused in quite a lot of ways. I think
we can find other solutions to what you need them for. Let's move the
discussion to patch 4.


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