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Date:   Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:00:59 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
Cc:     mdf@...nel.org, linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trix@...hat.com, lgoncalv@...hat.com,
        yilun.xu@...el.com, hao.wu@...el.com, matthew.gerlach@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] mfd: intel-m10-bmc: support for MAX10 BMC
 Security Engine

On Fri, 02 Oct 2020, Russ Weight wrote:

> Add macros and definitions required by the MAX10 BMC
> Security Engine driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
> ---
> v2:
>   - These functions and macros were previously distributed among
>     the patches that needed them. They are now grouped together
>     in a single patch containing changes to the Intel MAX10 BMC
>     driver.
>   - Added DRBL_ prefix to some definitions
>   - Some address definitions were moved here from the .c files that
>     use them.
> ---
>  include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 134 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h b/include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h
> index c8ef2f1654a4..880f907302eb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h
> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@

>   * m10bmc_raw_read - read m10bmc register per addr
> + * m10bmc_raw_bulk_read - bulk read max10 registers per addr
> + * m10bmc_raw_bulk_write - bulk write max10 registers per addr
> + * m10bmc_raw_update_bits - update max10 register per addr
>   * m10bmc_sys_read - read m10bmc system register per offset
> + * m10bmc_sys_update_bits - update max10 system register per offset
>   */

FWIW, I *hate* abstraction for the sake of abstraction.

Please just use the Regmap API in-place instead.

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