Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: ntxec: Support for EC in Tolino Shine 2 HD

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 05:20:02PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 02:59:25PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2021, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > > > If there were more users it'd be better to have this in the core so that
> > > > > problems we can detect like cache stuff if that's used but if it's just
> > > > > one broken device it's probably not worth it, this seems like something
> > > > > you'd have to try to end up with and which is going to cause timeout
> > > > > problems with a lot of I2C controllers which would tank performance
> > > > > enough that people would notice.
> 
> > > > So Yoda, is this to go into the core, or stay where it is?
> 
> > > Well, nobody's sent me any patches.
> 
> > Code is still in the driver in v4.
> 
> > My question is; should these functions really live in the SS?
> 
> Perhaps we could avoid using that particular abbreviation.

Too soon?

> Like I say it depends on how common this is - are we seeing other
> devices with the same problem?

I'm not witness to any.  If this is your first encounter too then
maybe just leave it where it is.  At least for the moment.

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