Re: [PATCH 0/5] watchdog: eiois200_wdt: Add EIO-IS200 Watchdog Driver

[Wenkai <advantech.susiteam@gmail.com>]

Guenter Roeck 於 10/11/2023 11:05 PM 寫道:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 12:08:57PM +0800, Wenkai wrote:
>> I understand that the patches don't meet the expected quality standards.
>> The compile issue is due to my MFD core driver, which is currently under
>> review and has not been merged yet.
>>
>> I would also like to seek your advice on how to best proceed with the
>> sub-drivers like the watchdog driver. Should I wait for my core MFD
>> driver to be successfully merged before submitting the sub-drivers, or
>> let Jones Lee review my core MFD driver and all its sub-drivers, or is
>> there another approach that you recommend?
> If the sub-drivers depend on the mfd driver, at least provide a reference
> to the patch or patch series introducing that driver. Either case, a direct
> include from "../mfd" is simply unacceptable. include/linux/mfd/ does exist
> for a reason, after all.

The LKML link is https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/9/6/1245. Is this link to 
the patch
sufficient?

And, I'll move the "eiois200.h" to "include/linux/mfd/".

> I don't know the best solution for reviewing all the drivers. I didn't
> (and do not plan to) look into the driver-driver API. If the interface
> is regmap, reviewing sub-drivers on their own should be straightforward.
> If the API is with function calls, things get more complicated because
> the API needs the sub-drivers to be tested and everything needs to be
> reviewed together.
>
> Guenter

Unfortunately, all sub-drivers mostly communicate with the EC firmware
through the MFD core driver's driver-driver API, only a few uses regmap.
So should the MFD core driver and its sub-drivers be reviewed by the same
maintainers?

Best regards,
Wenkai