linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] soc: aspeed: Add eSPI driver

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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:48:50 +0000
From:   Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
To:     ChiaWei Wang <chiawei_wang@...eedtech.com>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "andrew@...id.au" <andrew@...id.au>,
        "linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org" <openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kbuild-all@...ts.01.org" <kbuild-all@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] soc: aspeed: Add eSPI driver

On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 03:52, ChiaWei Wang <chiawei_wang@...eedtech.com> wrote:
>
> Aspeed 5th and 6th generation SoCs are based on the ARM 32-bits architecture.
> Should we follow the report to make the driver 64-bits compatible?
> Or revise the driver to use more specific data types?

Yes, in general it's expected your driver will compile cleanly for
64-bit architectures. This helps with testing and static analysis,
where CI builds all the drivers for x86.

Cheers,

Joel