From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: [PATCH] TWL4030: Reset header file to mainline Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:50:36 +0300 Message-ID: <87tz2d7lk3.fsf@litku.valot.fi> References: <1245238182-11697-1-git-send-email-amit.kucheria@verdurent.com> <4A38F387.1050502@gmail.com> <20090617140648.GT6605@atomide.com> <4A38FBA8.8090406@gmail.com> <20090617145652.GC10550@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com ([209.85.218.213]:58802 "EHLO mail-bw0-f213.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758067AbZFRMuh (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:50:37 -0400 Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so1033475bwz.37 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:50:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090617145652.GC10550@sirena.org.uk> (Mark Brown's message of "Wed\, 17 Jun 2009 15\:56\:53 +0100") Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Brown Cc: "Eugeny S. Mints" , Tony Lindgren , Amit Kucheria , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Mark Brown 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. -- Kalle Valo