Re: [PATCH] TWL4030: Reset header file to mainline

[Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>]

Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:20:24PM +0400, Eugeny S. Mints wrote:
>> Tony Lindgren wrote:
>
>>> Anything touching arch/arm/*omap*.
>
>> I'm not sure how many non-omap based boards out there are using twl4030  
>> chip and if a separate mfd mail list exists.
>> But until any of the above is true I personally feel that twl4030  
>> related discussions naturally fall into omap mail list.
>
> While the overwhelming majority of TWL4030 specifics will only actually
> be seen on OMAP systems (so CCing the OMAP list makes sense) the code
> also exists in the context of the rest of the kernel.  It needs review
> by subsystem maintainers and people working on non-OMAP systems may have
> useful input based on their general experience of working on simiar
> parts - in general Linux terms the fact that you've got, for example, a
> keyboard controller is at least as relevant as the fact that it's likely
> to be used on an OMAP system.
>
> Many subsystems don't have a separate list and just use linux-kernel.

Yes, and nobody will blame if you CCed linux-omap list twl4030, quite
the opposite. Even if all omap code is in mainline, it doesn't mean that
this list will fade away. I would anticipate even the opposite, more
people might get interested.

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Kalle Valo