netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/6] net: dsa: mv88e6060: add register defines header file

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Message-ID: <20151110143931.GA7731@ketchup.mtl.sfl>
Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:39:32 -0500
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] net: dsa: mv88e6060: add register defines header file

On Nov. Tuesday 10 (46) 03:30 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 09:25:51AM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> > Hi Neil,
> > 
> > On Nov. Tuesday 10 (46) 02:25 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> > > To align with the mv88e6xxx code, add a similar header file
> > > with all the register defines.
> > > The file is based on the mv88e6xxx header for coherency.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
> > 
> > In the RFC patchset, Andrew mentioned that there is not that much things in
> > common with mv88e6xxx, so I don't really see a value to add a separate header
> > file. Would that make sense to you guys to add the defines directly in
> > mv88e6060.c and squash that in the last patch?
> 
> It is personal taste, but i think there are enough defines that having
> a separate header file is useful. For < 10 i would agree with Vivien,
> but with ~100, i prefer a header file. 

OK. So please fix the copyright owner of this new file then and we're good :-)

Thanks,
-v
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