From: thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com (Thomas Petazzoni)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mvebu: Move SCU power up in a function
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:19:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141024141958.319af5d3@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544A41E5.2090802@free-electrons.com>
Dear Gregory CLEMENT,
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:11:17 +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > Since this function is not static, I think it might be a good idea to
> > use a prefix that makes it more specific to the platform in order to
> > not pollute the global namespace. Maybe something like
> > 'armada_38x_scu_power_up', or something like that.
>
> Yes given the fact that this function is declared in the mach-mveu folder
> it is sensible to use a more specific name. However the function itself
> is not specific at all to an SoC. This function could be used for any Cortex A9
> using the SCU.
Indeed, but as you say, it's right now defined in the mvebu specific
code, so we shouldn't pollute the global namespace.
Note that there is already a scu_power_mode() that does the same thing,
but implemented in C, so I'm not sure you can call it at search an early
point.
Best regards,
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>,
Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Lior Amsalem <alior@marvell.com>,
Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik@marvell.com>,
Nadav Haklai <nadavh@marvell.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mvebu: Move SCU power up in a function
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:19:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141024141958.319af5d3@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544A41E5.2090802@free-electrons.com>
Dear Gregory CLEMENT,
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:11:17 +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > Since this function is not static, I think it might be a good idea to
> > use a prefix that makes it more specific to the platform in order to
> > not pollute the global namespace. Maybe something like
> > 'armada_38x_scu_power_up', or something like that.
>
> Yes given the fact that this function is declared in the mach-mveu folder
> it is sensible to use a more specific name. However the function itself
> is not specific at all to an SoC. This function could be used for any Cortex A9
> using the SCU.
Indeed, but as you say, it's right now defined in the mvebu specific
code, so we shouldn't pollute the global namespace.
Note that there is already a scu_power_mode() that does the same thing,
but implemented in C, so I'm not sure you can call it at search an early
point.
Best regards,
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-24 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-23 18:14 [PATCH 0/4] Hot plug support for Armada 38x Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` [PATCH 1/4] ARM: mvebu: Clean-up the Armada XP support Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:41 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-10-23 18:41 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-10-23 18:14 ` [PATCH 2/4] ARM: mvebu: Move SCU power up in a function Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-24 12:05 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-10-24 12:05 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-10-24 12:11 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-24 12:11 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-24 12:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2014-10-24 12:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-10-24 12:28 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-24 12:28 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` [PATCH 3/4] ARM: mvebu: Fix secondary startup for Cortex A9 SoC Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` [PATCH 4/4] ARM: mvebu: Implement CPU hotplug support for Armada 38x Gregory CLEMENT
2014-10-23 18:14 ` Gregory CLEMENT
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