Re: [PATCH 0/4] Driver for talking to PLX PEX8xxx PCIe switch over I2C

[Guenter Roeck <groeck-3r7Miqu9kMnR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:13:39PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > > Since this is a driver for a PCIe switch, I currently put it under /driver/pci/.
> > > I'm very open to suggestions for moving this around (Does introducing
> > > drivers/pci/switch/ seem any better?). Especially I can see that the
> > > drivers/pci/Kconfig appears under "Bus Options" in the main menu which does not
> > > look like the right place for this driver. I am looking for suggestions here.
> > 
> > Definitely interesting work.  I have no idea where to put it.  It
> > doesn't have anything to do with PCI core services or structures, so
> > drivers/pci doesn't seem like the ideal place for it, but I don't have
> > any better ideas.  If it did end up under drivers/pci, I agree that a
> > drivers/pci/switch or something similar would probably be better than
> > having it directly in drivers/pci.
> > 
> > Maybe Wolfram or other I2C folks will have an idea.
> 
> Hmm, is this a common interface for those switches? Then a directory
> like drivers/pci/switch could make sense. Otherwise I'd suggest
> drivers/misc?
> 
We had discussed drivers/misc internally, but it didn't seem to be the right
location to me. After all, it is not a misc driver, but a driver to configure
a PCIe switch. Not that I have a better idea, though.

Guenter