linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] i2c: npcm7xx: Support changing bus speed using debugfs.

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Message-ID: <CAA_a9xL98fV8Rd=vBLBZBcFCUo8iE6O=Q4WsOcB0Z-tFa1GtoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Oct 2020 14:11:02 -0700
From:   Alex Qiu <xqiu@...gle.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Avi Fishman <avifishman70@...il.com>,
        Tali Perry <tali.perry1@...il.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, Kun Yi <kunyi@...gle.com>,
        Benjamin Fair <benjaminfair@...gle.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@...il.com>,
        Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] i2c: npcm7xx: Support changing bus speed using debugfs.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:51 AM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I see. So, there are following statements:
>  - the elaboration is good but I guess needs to be added somewhere in
> form of the documentation
>  - the internal schedules or so are not crucial for the upstream (it
> rather sounds like a bribing the judge)
>  - the current approach, if I'm not mistaken, is using debugfs, which
> is not ABI and it's good
>  - I'm not a maintainer here, but I don't like the approach
>
> Let the maintainer decide.
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko

Hi Andy,

That makes perfect sense. We may keep it downstream to unblock our own
work if it's not accepted upstream. Thanks for your review!

- Alex Qiu