From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com (Ezequiel Garcia) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:45:14 -0300 Subject: [PATCH v2 00/14] Marvell EBU thermal sensor consolidation In-Reply-To: <20130325093001.GH5627@lunn.ch> References: <1363991114-4225-1-git-send-email-ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com> <20130325093001.GH5627@lunn.ch> Message-ID: <20130325104513.GC2502@localhost> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:30:01AM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: [...] > > What does all this mean? I _think_ there will be less and less shared > code in future as these extra features are added. > Yes, I see your point. On the other side, I don't like the idea of taking this decision based in the uncertain science of futurology :) When will we add this extra features? Will we add them at all? > I've not a strong opinion, but i think separate drivers are better. > Don't you think a single driver could make maintenance cheaper? > If we do stick to one driver, i would however want #ifdef > CONFIG_ARCH_DOVE, CONFIG_ARCH_KIRKWOOD, CONFIG_MACH_ARMADA_XP & > CONFIG_MACH_ARMADA_370 scattered through the code. > Mmm... I'm not a fan for ifdefs. Actually, I really *hate* ifdefs. I'll try to come up with an ifdef solution without making it too nasty. Otherwise, perhaps I'll send a patch for Armada 370/XP only; I don't want to push harder on something I'm not *absolutely* sure about either. If we see there's an opportunity to merge the drivers, we can do always do that later. -- Ezequiel Garc?a, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering http://free-electrons.com