linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next v2 1/2] drm/i915/mtl: Define GSC Proxy component interface

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2023 13:26:56 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Lubart <vitaly.lubart@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next v2 1/2] drm/i915/mtl: Define GSC Proxy component
 interface

On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 08:11:31PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> 
> GSC Proxy component is used for communication between the
> Intel graphics driver and MEI driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> ---
> V2: This patch was missing in the first series.
> 
>  MAINTAINERS                                |  1 +
>  include/drm/i915_component.h               |  3 +-
>  include/drm/i915_gsc_proxy_mei_interface.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/drm/i915_gsc_proxy_mei_interface.h


Why do you add .h files in include/drm/ yet only use them in
drivers/mei/ ?

Shouldn't they just live in the mei subdir?  Especially given that you
also want to maintain them through the mei subsystem as per this change:

> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index c81bbb771678..2c432b4d8506 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10570,6 +10570,7 @@ S:	Supported
>  F:	Documentation/driver-api/mei/*
>  F:	drivers/misc/mei/
>  F:	drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c
> +F:	include/drm/i915_gsc_proxy_mei_interface.h
>  F:	include/linux/mei_aux.h
>  F:	include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h
>  F:	include/uapi/linux/mei.h

And I would need some i915 maintainer acks before I could take this in
my tree.

thanks,

greg k-h