linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] misc: sbrmi: Add support for new revision

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Message-ID: <e073c615-12c6-5a11-b9c4-aaa772bdd377@amd.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 19:58:28 +0530
From: "Gupta, Akshay" <Akshay.Gupta@....com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux@...ck-us.net, arnd@...db.de, naveenkrishna.chatradhi@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] misc: sbrmi: Add support for new revision


On 7/4/2024 5:24 PM, Greg KH wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 11:16:24AM +0000, Akshay Gupta wrote:
>> - RMI device supports v21 on Turin, which has increased register set.
>>    Hence, requires 2byte for register addressing.
>>
>> - Both Genoa and Turin processors are SP5 compatible, often CPUs are
>>    interchanged on the base boards with BMC remaining the same.
>>    Hence, we need to identify correct regmap configuration. A mechanism
>>    was not defined to identify the RMI register address width.
>> - The address width can only be determined if the socket is powered ON.
>> - This patch also addresses CPUID and MCAMSR register read protocol,
>>    the modification is due to the increase in register address size and
>>    the modified thread input.
>>
> When you have to list all of the different things you did in a single
> change, that's a huge hint that it needs to be split up.
>
> Remember, each patch can only do _one_ thing.
>
> Would you want to review something that attempted to do all of this at
> once?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
I will split and resubmit,
thanks, Akshay