Re: [PATCH v12 2/3] i2c: npcm7xx: Add Nuvoton NPCM I2C controller driver

Andy Shevchenko
2020-05-21T14:53:50Z

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:45:03PM +0300, Tali Perry wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 5:31 PM Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:23:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 02:09:09PM +0300, Tali Perry wrote:
> > > > Add Nuvoton NPCM BMC I2C controller driver.
> > >
> > > Thanks. My comments below.
> > > After addressing them, FWIW,
> > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> >
> > Thanks, Andy, for all the review!
> >
>
> Highly appreciate your time and patience for a newbie :)
>
> > From a glimpse, this looks good to go. I will have a close look later
> > today.
> >
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> > >
> > > Again, why is this here?
> > >
> > > Have you checked debugfs.h for !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS case?
>
> I compiled both options. I removed the ifdef in most places, except in the
> struct itself. Users that don't use the debugfs don't need this in the struct.
>
> >
> > I wondered also about DEBUG_FS entries. I can see their value when
> > developing the driver. But since this is done now, do they really help a
> > user to debug a difficult case? I am not sure, and then I wonder if we
> > should have that code in upstream. I am open for discussion, though.
>
> The user wanted to have health monitor implemented on top of the driver.
> The user has 16 channels connected the multiple devices. All are operated
> using various daemons in the system. Sometimes the slave devices are power down.
> Therefor the user wanted to track the health status of the devices.

Ah, then there are these options I have in mind (Wolfram, FYI as well!):
1) push with debugfs as a temporary solution and convert to devlink health protocol [1];
2) drop it and develop devlink_health solution;
3) push debugfs and wait if I²C will gain devlink health support

[1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/devlink/devlink-health.html

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko