From: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
To: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6 v2] ARM: shmobile: r8a7779: cleanup registration of usb phy
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 02:44:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130730024408.GA5595@verge.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y58tbwoy.wl%kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com>
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:39:18AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 05:14:48PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > On 26-07-2013 11:35, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
> >
> > The subject hardly matches what's being done in the patch.
> >
> > >usb phy driver which needs platform data at the time of
> > >registration is used from BockW only.
> >
> > s/BockW/Marzen/.
> >
> > >Now, ARM/shmobile aims to support DT,
> > >and the C code base board support will be removed
> > >if DT support is completed.
> > >Current driver registration method which needs platform data
> > >and which is not shared complicates codes.
> > >This means legacy C code cleanup after DT supporting
> > >will be more complicated
> > >This patch registers it on board code as cleanup C code
> >
> > >Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com>
> >
> > I cannot approve this patch. I see it as nothing other as pointless churn.
> > My opinion probably doesn't matter in the light of Magnus' desire to
> > get it merged but I'm still clinging to it.
>
> Magnus has explained quite clearly the reasons for this change,
> which are to make this board consistent with other boards which
> are written in this way for historical reasons.
>
> I understand that you have a different opinion but
> the place for cleanly separating SoC and board code is
> in DT not in the legacy C code.
>
> Both Magnus and now I are in agreement on this.
>
> I plan to fix up s/BockW/Marzen/ and queue up this patch for v3.12
> in the cleanup3 branch.
As this is a r8a7779 patch it turns out that the cleanup2
branch has all the dependencies so I have queued-up this patch there.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-30 2:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-26 7:35 [PATCH 6/6 v2] ARM: shmobile: r8a7779: cleanup registration of usb phy Kuninori Morimoto
2013-07-26 13:14 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-07-30 2:39 ` Simon Horman
2013-07-30 2:44 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2013-07-30 2:47 ` Simon Horman
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