linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] misc: add FPC202 dual port controller driver

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Message-ID: <2025022038-hangnail-rehab-c145@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:57:59 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...asonboard.com>,
	Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@....com>,
	Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@....com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
	Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] misc: add FPC202 dual port controller driver

On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 10:29:20AM +0100, Romain Gantois wrote:
> The TI FPC202 dual port controller serves as a low-speed signal aggregator
> for common port types such as SFP, QSFP, Mini-SAS HD, and others.
> 
> It aggregates GPIO and I2C signals across two downstream ports, acting as
> both a GPIO controller and an I2C address translator for up to two logical
> devices per port.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS              |   1 +
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig     |  11 ++
>  drivers/misc/Makefile    |   1 +
>  drivers/misc/ti_fpc202.c | 438 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

as this is a i2c_driver, why isn't it in drivers/i2c/ somewhere?  Why
misc?

thanks,

greg k-h