linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] usb: host: add xhci-exynos driver

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Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:31:56 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Jung Daehwan <dh10.jung@...sung.com>
Cc:     Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "open list:USB XHCI DRIVER" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Howard Yen <howardyen@...gle.com>,
        Jack Pham <jackp@...eaurora.org>,
        Puma Hsu <pumahsu@...gle.com>,
        "J . Avila" <elavila@...gle.com>, sc.suh@...sung.com,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] usb: host: add xhci-exynos driver

On 28/04/2022 08:36, Jung Daehwan wrote:
>>
>> Since you called everything here as "exynos" it is specific to one
>> hardware and not-reusable on anything else. How can then you use some
>> other compatible? It would be a misuse of Devicetree bindings.
>>
> 
> I got it. Let me add them. Is it still necessary if it is only used by
> other module on runtime as I said above?

Except what Greg wrote, if by "other module" you mean out-of-tree, then
the patchset will not be accepted as it is unusable for Linux users.
Basically it would be a dead code in Linux kernel.

Best regards,
Krzysztof