linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Support ROHM BU27034 ALS sensor

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:28:16 +0100
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
To:     Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Zhigang Shi <Zhigang.Shi@...eon.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Paul Gazzillo <paul@...zz.com>,
        Maíra Canal <mcanal@...lia.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@...labora.com>,
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        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
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        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] Support ROHM BU27034 ALS sensor

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:59:33PM +0200, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > I agree with Maxime that a little bit of duplication (that can be cleaned
> > up by each subsystem at their own pace) is the path of least resistance.
> 
> I'd say this depends. It probably is the path of least resistance for people
> maintaining the trees. It can also be the path of least resistance in
> general - but it depends on if there will be no new users for those DRM
> helpers while waiting the new APIs being merged in DRM tree. More users we
> see in DRM, more effort the clean-up requires.

So far there's one user in DRM, and I'm not aware of any current work
using it at the moment. Even if some show up in the short-term future,
it's not going to be overwhelming.

Maxime

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