From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, jcm@redhat.com,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, olof@lixom.net,
Tuan Phan <tphan@apm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] ata: add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:41:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201311201641.20230.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131120150658.GB28946@htj.dyndns.org>
On Wednesday 20 November 2013, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 04:53:16PM -0700, Loc Ho wrote:
> > This patch adds support for APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY. This is the
> > physical layer interface for the corresponding SATA host controller. This
> > driver uses the new PHY generic framework posted by Kishon Vijay Abrahm.
>
> Hmm... this is related to ahci but isn't even a libata driver and is
> the first such driver proposed. Are we sure drivers/ata is the best
> home for this? Shouldn't we create a separate directory somewhere?
> It's confusing, at least to me, to have non-libata driver under
> drivers/ata.
It needs to be in drivers/phy, which is currently being prepared for
the next merge window and which contains the generic interface used
in this driver.
Arnd
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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] ata: add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:41:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201311201641.20230.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131120150658.GB28946@htj.dyndns.org>
On Wednesday 20 November 2013, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 04:53:16PM -0700, Loc Ho wrote:
> > This patch adds support for APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY. This is the
> > physical layer interface for the corresponding SATA host controller. This
> > driver uses the new PHY generic framework posted by Kishon Vijay Abrahm.
>
> Hmm... this is related to ahci but isn't even a libata driver and is
> the first such driver proposed. Are we sure drivers/ata is the best
> home for this? Shouldn't we create a separate directory somewhere?
> It's confusing, at least to me, to have non-libata driver under
> drivers/ata.
It needs to be in drivers/phy, which is currently being prepared for
the next merge window and which contains the generic interface used
in this driver.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-20 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-19 23:53 [PATCH v2 0/4] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY support Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] PHY: Add function set_speed to generic PHY framework Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] ata: add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY DTS entries Loc Ho
2013-11-19 23:53 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 0:08 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 0:08 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 11:39 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 11:39 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 18:03 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-11-20 18:03 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-11-20 18:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 18:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 8:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] ata: add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Ming Lei
2013-11-20 8:57 ` Ming Lei
2013-11-20 19:16 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 19:16 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 11:37 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 11:37 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 12:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 12:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 15:06 ` Tejun Heo
2013-11-20 15:06 ` Tejun Heo
2013-11-20 15:41 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-11-20 15:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 15:49 ` Tejun Heo
2013-11-20 15:49 ` Tejun Heo
2013-11-20 18:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 18:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-20 22:23 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 22:23 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 9:43 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 20:07 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-20 20:07 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-22 9:37 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-22 9:37 ` Mark Rutland
2013-11-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] PHY: Add function set_speed to generic PHY framework Sergei Shtylyov
2013-11-20 18:06 ` Sergei Shtylyov
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