From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756643Ab1KVPV2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:21:28 -0500 Received: from mail2.gnudd.com ([213.203.150.91]:63629 "EHLO mail.gnudd.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754076Ab1KVPV0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:21:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:19:42 +0100 From: Alessandro Rubini To: dave.martin@linaro.org Cc: linux@arm.linux.org.uk, patches@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, alan@linux.intel.com, a.zummo@towertech.it, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, cjb@laptop.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, grant.likely@secretlab.ca, perex@perex.cz, jassisinghbrar@gmail.com, julia@diku.dk, linus.walleij@linaro.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, lethal@linux-sh.org, Pawel.Moll@arm.com, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net, tiwai@suse.de, vinod.koul@intel.com, wim@iguana.be Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ARM: amba: Enable module alias autogeneration for AMBA drivers Message-ID: <20111122151942.GA24821@mail.gnudd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: GnuDD, Device Drivers, Embedded Systems, Courses In-Reply-To: <20111122120756.GF2066@localhost.localdomain> References: <20111122120756.GF2066@localhost.localdomain> <1321961573-4562-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> <20111122115632.GA5165@mail.gnudd.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/125 (0/2: description of the work) >> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/126 (1/2: turn the if plethora to table lookup) >> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/127 (2/2: partial split to type-specific files). > > Splitting this up doesn't look like a silly idea -- I thought it was > unfortunate to have to patch a core file just to add a bus type. > > I guess the question is how many new buses we get over time. Well, CERN will have 2 in a short time. And I'm sure the bus concept is so good that a number of them exists as external patches. Being forced to patch a core file is not good, with conflicts that accumulate over time. I'd better be able to drop in my own file and add a kconfig-aware line in Makefile. I think the implementation is straightforward. Who should I send it to? thanks /alessandro