Re: [PATCH] Add struct ad9832_platform_data to the include/linux/iio

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 13:10:29 +0200
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 04:15:53PM -0500, Madhumitha Prabakaran wrote:
> > Add struct ad9832_platform_data to the include/linux/iio
> > for maintaining code organization and clarity.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c |  3 +--
> >  drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.h | 34 --------------------------
> >  include/linux/iio/frequency/ad9832.h   | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++  
> 
> No, not yet, sorry.  Staging drivers should be self-contained, why does
> this .c file need a .h file at all anyway?  It should all just be in the
> .c file, can you do that instead?

This is an aged driver so still has definitions that would be included
from board files, hence the header.

So Madhumitha, if you are looking at getting this driver out of staging
(which would be great!) then first job is convert it from platform data
to device tree (or better yet generic firmware bindings using linux/property.h)
A side effect of that is the header would go away as equivalent job would be
done by the dt-bindings yaml file.

Jonathan

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h