Re: [PATCH v8 08/12] regulator: bd718x7: Split driver to common and bd718x7 specific parts

Vaittinen, Matti
2020-01-15T08:35:06Z

On Wed, 2020-01-15 at 08:29 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, Vaittinen, Matti wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-01-13 at 10:53 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 08 Jan 2020, Vaittinen, Matti wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 12:41 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2019, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Few ROHM PMICs allow setting the voltage states for
> > > > > > > different
> > > > > > > system states
> > > > > > > like RUN, IDLE, SUSPEND and LPSR. States are then changed
> > > > > > > via
> > > > > > > SoC
> > > > > > > specific
> > > > > > > mechanisms. bd718x7 driver implemented device-tree
> > > > > > > parsing
> > > > > > > functions for
> > > > > > > these state specific voltages. The parsing functions can
> > > > > > > be re-
> > > > > > > used
> > > > > > > by
> > > > > > > other ROHM chip drivers like bd71828. Split the generic
> > > > > > > functions
> > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > bd718x7-regulator.c to rohm-regulator.c and export them
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > modules
> > > > > > > to use.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <
> > > > > > > matti.vaittinen@fi.rohmeurope.com>
> > > > > > > Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > > > > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_REGULATOR_ROHM)
> > > > > > > +int rohm_regulator_set_dvs_levels(const struct
> > > > > > > rohm_dvs_config
> > > > > > > *dvs,
> > > > > > > + struct device_node *np,
> > > > > > > + const struct regulator_desc
> > > > > > > *desc,
> > > > > > > + struct regmap *regmap);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does these really need to live in the parent's header file?
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know what would be a better place?
> > > >
> > > > You don't have a regulator header file?
> > > >
> > > > It seems over-kill to create one for this, so leave it as is.
> > > >
> > > > > > What other call-sites are there?
> > > > >
> > > > > After this series the bd718x7-regulator.c and bd71828-
> > > > > regulator.c
> > > > > are
> > > > > the in-tree drivers using these. rohm-regulator.c is
> > > > > implementing
> > > > > them.
> > > > > And I hope we see yet another driver landing in later this
> > > > > year.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyways, I will investigate if I can switch this to some
> > > > > common
> > > > > (not
> > > > > rohm specific) DT bindings at some point (I've scheduled this
> > > > > study
> > > > > to
> > > > > March) - If I can then they should live in regulator core
> > > > > headers.
> > > > >
> > > > > But changing the existing properties should again be own set
> > > > > of
> > > > > patches
> > > > > and I'd prefer doing that work independently of this series
> > > > > and not
> > > > > delaying the BD71828 due to not-yet-evaluated bd718x7
> > > > > property
> > > > > changes.
> > > >
> > > > That's fine.
> > >
> > > Glad to hear :) By the way, I already sent the v9 ;)
> >
> > It's in my queue.
>
> Although you didn't submit the whole set to me, so I only have a few
> of the patches. Why did you choose to do that this time?

Sorry Lee. I have not dropped you intentionally! I will resend the
series.

Br,
Matti Vaittinen