From: Mark Brown <broonie-yzvPICuk2AATkU/dhu1WVueM+bqZidxxQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: patches-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-omap-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
lrg-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org,
linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:40:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111020164006.GA10155@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111020162743.GB31337-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 09:27:43AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Mark Brown <broonie-yzvPICuk2AATkU/dhu1WVueM+bqZidxxQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org> [111020 02:07]:
> > We can always start off just completely omitting the data and then see
> > how we go from there. If we only cover 50% of users that's still 50%
> > more than are currently covered with device tree right now and it means
> > we can then spin round and look at the bits that are hard again without
> > review fatigue on the bits that are easy.
> We still need to pass the board configuration somehow, otherwise we can
> never remove all the platform data glue layers. And if we can't do that,
> we'll forever have all the nasty merge conflicts when adding new drivers.
> And there's an unnecessary dependency between adding drivers and the
> core SoC code.
The current patches cover the overwhelming majority of the existing
board configuration - the stuff that's Linux specific is also relatively
rarely used in actual systems. For example all the board I work with
regularly would be perfectly happy with the generic stuff - the Linux
specific stuff is relatively rarely used.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:40:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111020164006.GA10155@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111020162743.GB31337@atomide.com>
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 09:27:43AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> [111020 02:07]:
> > We can always start off just completely omitting the data and then see
> > how we go from there. If we only cover 50% of users that's still 50%
> > more than are currently covered with device tree right now and it means
> > we can then spin round and look at the bits that are hard again without
> > review fatigue on the bits that are easy.
> We still need to pass the board configuration somehow, otherwise we can
> never remove all the platform data glue layers. And if we can't do that,
> we'll forever have all the nasty merge conflicts when adding new drivers.
> And there's an unnecessary dependency between adding drivers and the
> core SoC code.
The current patches cover the overwhelming majority of the existing
board configuration - the stuff that's Linux specific is also relatively
rarely used in actual systems. For example all the board I work with
regularly would be perfectly happy with the generic stuff - the Linux
specific stuff is relatively rarely used.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Cc: patches@linaro.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
lrg@ti.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:40:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111020164006.GA10155@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111020162743.GB31337@atomide.com>
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 09:27:43AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> [111020 02:07]:
> > We can always start off just completely omitting the data and then see
> > how we go from there. If we only cover 50% of users that's still 50%
> > more than are currently covered with device tree right now and it means
> > we can then spin round and look at the bits that are hard again without
> > review fatigue on the bits that are easy.
> We still need to pass the board configuration somehow, otherwise we can
> never remove all the platform data glue layers. And if we can't do that,
> we'll forever have all the nasty merge conflicts when adding new drivers.
> And there's an unnecessary dependency between adding drivers and the
> core SoC code.
The current patches cover the overwhelming majority of the existing
board configuration - the stuff that's Linux specific is also relatively
rarely used in actual systems. For example all the board I work with
regularly would be perfectly happy with the generic stuff - the Linux
specific stuff is relatively rarely used.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-20 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 238+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-10 16:19 [PATCH v2 0/5] Device tree support for regulators Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
[not found] ` <1318263578-7407-1-git-send-email-rnayak-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] regulator: twl: Remove hardcoded board constraints from driver Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:25 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 16:25 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 16:34 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:34 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] regulator: helper routine to extract regulator_init_data Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 17:22 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 17:22 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 17:22 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-11 5:59 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-11 5:59 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:38 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:38 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:38 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 22:12 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 22:12 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 22:12 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 18:40 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:40 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:40 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-16 14:55 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-16 14:55 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-16 14:55 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-17 4:17 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-17 4:17 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-18 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20111018115836.GC30703-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-18 16:00 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-18 16:00 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-18 16:00 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 5:33 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 5:33 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 5:33 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20111019053354.GB31162-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-19 14:47 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 14:47 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 14:47 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 15:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 15:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 15:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 15:10 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 15:10 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 3:42 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 3:42 ` Rajendra Nayak
[not found] ` <4E9F9892.9070007-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-20 9:41 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 9:41 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 9:41 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20111020094140.GK18713-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-20 12:10 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 12:10 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 12:10 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 16:27 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 16:27 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 16:27 ` Tony Lindgren
[not found] ` <20111020162743.GB31337-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-20 16:40 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2011-10-20 16:40 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 16:40 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 17:05 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 17:05 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 17:22 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 17:22 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 19:57 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 19:57 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 20:10 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 20:10 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 21:42 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 21:42 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 22:09 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-20 22:09 ` Tony Lindgren
2011-10-24 9:07 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 9:07 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-20 19:56 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-20 19:56 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-18 13:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 13:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 13:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 11:35 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-19 11:35 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-19 11:35 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-19 14:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 14:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 14:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-19 14:50 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 14:50 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-19 14:50 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20111019144215.GA32007-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-20 5:18 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 5:18 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 5:18 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 6:14 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-20 6:14 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-20 6:14 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-20 12:09 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 12:09 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-20 12:09 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-21 8:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21 8:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21 8:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21 8:41 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-21 8:41 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-21 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-21 11:58 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 6:02 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 6:02 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 7:34 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 7:34 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 8:17 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 8:17 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 8:17 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 8:53 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 8:53 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 8:53 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 9:19 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 9:19 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 9:19 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 10:05 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 10:05 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 9:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:23 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:02 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:02 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:02 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 8:56 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 8:56 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 9:11 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:11 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:11 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 9:13 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 9:13 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-24 13:47 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:47 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:47 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 6:00 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:00 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:00 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:26 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:26 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:26 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:52 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 6:52 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 6:52 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20111025065216.GD2119-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-25 6:56 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:56 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:56 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:20 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:13 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:13 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:13 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:42 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 11:35 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 11:35 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 9:24 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 9:24 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 9:24 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 9:39 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 9:39 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:04 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:06 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:06 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:40 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:40 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:40 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 13:49 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:49 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 14:47 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:47 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:47 ` Shawn Guo
[not found] ` <20111024144716.GG1755-+NayF8gZjK2ctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-25 7:11 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-25 7:11 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-25 7:11 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-24 13:59 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 13:59 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 13:59 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 14:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 14:56 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 14:56 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 15:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 15:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 15:51 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-24 22:21 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 22:21 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-24 22:21 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-25 6:10 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 6:10 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:08 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:08 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:08 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:01 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:01 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:01 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-25 7:28 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:28 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-25 7:28 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] regulator: adapt fixed regulator driver to dt Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:43 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:43 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:43 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] regulator: map consumer regulator based on device tree Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 17:35 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 17:35 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-10 17:35 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-11 5:49 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-11 5:49 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-11 7:08 ` Nayak, Rajendra
2011-10-11 7:08 ` Nayak, Rajendra
2011-10-11 7:08 ` Nayak, Rajendra
[not found] ` <CACYZBRFmLEY_f1UwJa5U9uj8+NVA-WfUVkiuW1yKrpwnrA_00A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-10-13 16:52 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 16:52 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 16:52 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-13 18:46 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:46 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-18 13:33 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 13:33 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-18 13:33 ` Shawn Guo
2011-10-10 16:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] dt: add empty dt helpers for non-dt build Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-10 16:19 ` Rajendra Nayak
2011-10-13 18:32 ` Grant Likely
2011-10-13 18:32 ` Grant Likely
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