linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mfd: Add support for Intel LJCA device

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Message-ID: <ZAmyD9k1o4mA/VdV@ye-NUC7i7DNHE>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 18:16:47 +0800
From:   "Ye, Xiang" <xiang.ye@...el.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        "Lee Jones" <lee@...nel.org>, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>,
        Tyrone Ting <kfting@...oton.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>, <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>,
        <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, <zhifeng.wang@...el.com>,
        <wentong.wu@...el.com>, <lixu.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mfd: Add support for Intel LJCA device

On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 10:26:27AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 05:10:48PM +0800, Ye, Xiang wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > Thanks for the review.
> > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 08:49:33AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 03:10:56PM +0800, Ye Xiang wrote:
> > > > This patch implements the USB part of Intel USB-I2C/GPIO/SPI adapter
> > > > device named "La Jolla Cove Adapter" (LJCA).
> > > 
> > > Then why is this called "mfd" in the subject line?
> > Sorry, it's a mistake. I forget to change mfd to usb in the commit message
> > because I just move the ljca.c from driver/mfd to drivers/usb/misc according
> > to previous review comments[1]. And I will address this on v5.
> > 
> > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg4708451.html
> > > 
> > > >  include/linux/mfd/ljca.h  |  95 ++++
> > > 
> > > Why is this .h file in the mfd directory?
> > It's a mistake as well. Will address it by moving include/linux/mfd/ljca.h
> > to include/linux/usb/ljca.h.
> 
> Why do you need a .h file at all for such a tiny .c file?  If you don't
> need it, don't have one please.
The ljca.h file is needed because there are three function driver in
this series (LJCA-SPI, LJCA-GPIO, and LJCA-I2C) which needs LJCA API
to do actual transfers. LJCA-USB can be considered as a transport driver,
and the other three function driver use LJCA API to transfer their own
packages.

--
Thanks
Ye Xiang