From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755333AbaHUNZb (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:31 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f178.google.com ([209.85.223.178]:59151 "EHLO mail-ie0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754996AbaHUNZ3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:25:22 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Andreas Werner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sameo@linux.intel.com, wim@iguana.be, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, cooloney@gmail.com, rpurdie@rpsys.net, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, jdelvare@suse.de, linux@roeck-us.net, lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] drivers/mfd/menf21bmc: introduce MEN 14F021P00 BMC MFD Core driver Message-ID: <20140821132522.GI4266@lee--X1> References: <20140821113046.GZ4266@lee--X1> <20140821135707.GA16867@awelinux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20140821135707.GA16867@awelinux> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Andreas Werner wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:30:46PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014, Andreas Werner wrote: > > > The MEN 14F021P00 Board Management Controller provides an > > > I2C interface to the host to access the feature implemented in the BMC. > > > The BMC is a PIC Microntroller assembled on CPCI Card from MEN Mikroelektronik > > > and on a few Box/Display Computer. > > > > > > Added MFD Core driver, supporting the I2C communication to the device. > > > > > > The MFD driver currently supports the following features: > > > - Watchdog > > > - LEDs > > > - Hwmon (voltage monitoring) > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Werner > > > --- > > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 12 +++++ > > > drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/mfd/menf21bmc.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 3 files changed, 145 insertions(+) > > > create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/menf21bmc.c > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > > > index b8d9ca0..bf155b9 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > > > +++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig > > > @@ -453,6 +453,18 @@ config MFD_MAX8998 > > > additional drivers must be enabled in order to use the functionality > > > of the device. > > > > > > +config MFD_MENF21BMC > > > + tristate "MEN 14F021P00 Board Management Controller Support" > > > + depends on I2C=y > > > > Why must I2C be built-in? > > Sorry my mistake, I2C must not be built in. > > > > > > + select MFD_CORE > > > + help > > > + Say yes here to add support for the MEN 14F021P00 BMC > > > + which is a Board Management Controller connected to the I2C bus. > > > + The device supports multiple sub-devices like LED, HWMON and WDT. > > > + This driver provides common support for accessing the devices; > > > + additional drivers must be enabled in order to use the > > > + functionality of the BMC device. > > > + > > > > Apart from that the patch looks good to me. > > > > I'm assuming this can go in via the MFD tree by itself? > > Yes why not. > Do you want to have a single patch for the MFD or > is it better to wait for the other Subsystem maintainer that I > can resend a patch v5? When you resent, apply my Ack and I'll pick it up when the other Maintainers are happy. > > > > Acked-by: Lee Jones > > -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog