From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] mfd: reorganize Intel drivers
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:16:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1421763412.31903.70.camel@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150120134857.GK13701@x1>
On Tue, 2015-01-20 at 13:48 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> > This patchset creates a new folder under drivers/mfd and moves there Intel
> > related drivers.
> >
> > There is no functional change. The names of the kernel configuration variables
> > are kept the same.
>
> Can you explain to me why you think the Intel drivers need their own
> sub-directory please?
For me it seems logical. We have many drivers related to Intel specific
SoCs (in comparison the other mfd drivers that usually named in
according to some standard chip codename) and they meanwhile have long
awkward prefixes. Moreover they could share common dependencies like
X86.
--
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-20 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-11 15:53 [PATCH v1 0/4] mfd: reorganize Intel drivers Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-11 15:53 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] mfd: change a layout for the Intel related drivers Andy Shevchenko
2015-01-20 12:33 ` Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-11 15:53 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] mfd: intel/lpc/sch: move driver to dedicated folder Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-11 15:53 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] mfd: intel/lpc/ich: " Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-11 15:53 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] mfd: intel/pmic: " Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-11 16:06 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] mfd: reorganize Intel drivers Joe Perches
2014-12-12 10:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2014-12-12 10:15 ` Joe Perches
2014-12-30 19:29 ` Andy Shevchenko
2015-01-20 13:48 ` Lee Jones
2015-01-20 14:16 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2015-01-20 15:46 ` Lee Jones
2015-01-20 16:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
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