Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] add support for DMO embedded controller

[Zahari Doychev <zahari.doychev@linux.com>]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 05:01:51PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:47:11PM +0200, Zahari Doychev wrote:
> > This patch series adds support for the Data Modul Embedded Controller(dmec)
> > which is implemented within an on board FPGA found on Data Modul embedded
> > CPU modules.
> > 
> > The dmec is connected to the host through the LPC bus and its registers are
> > mapped into the host I/O space. The controller supports two addressing modes:
> > linear and indexed.
> > 
> > The driver adds support for the following functionality:
> > 
> > - i2c
> > - gpio
> > - watchdog
> > - running time meter (rtm)
> 
> Why do you want these in staging?  I need a TODO file listing what needs
> to be done to the code to get it out of staging, and for someone to
> agree to work toward that goal.

Actually there is no reason to have them in staging. I was not sure what was
the right way to go. I just wanted to get some feedback. The drivers have been
through a lot of testing so next time I will resend the patches putting
each driver in its subsystem.

Regards Zahari

> 
> Please resend the series with that information.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h