From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Rajat Jain <rajatxjain@gmail.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-i2c <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Rajat Jain <rajatjain@juniper.net>,
Guenter Roeck <groeck@juniper.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Driver for talking to PLX PEX8xxx PCIe switch over I2C
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:13:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140930211339.GA1264@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAErSpo7BkXDHOZwHzwEu2BN3=39xFwQOyrjgVo6afWKMsnYT=A@mail.gmail.com>
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> > 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?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-30 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-30 4:46 [PATCH 0/4] Driver for talking to PLX PEX8xxx PCIe switch over I2C Rajat Jain
2014-09-30 20:45 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-09-30 21:13 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-09-30 21:35 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-09-30 22:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-09-30 21:37 ` Rajat Jain
2014-10-01 7:29 ` Wolfram Sang
2014-10-01 21:32 ` Rajat Jain
2014-10-02 6:34 ` Wolfram Sang
2014-10-03 1:43 ` Rajat Jain
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