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From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:21:37 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] ZOOM2 Add power reset button
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Hello Menon,

Menon, Nishanth wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Tyser [mailto:ptyser at xes-inc.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:26 AM
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/i2c/twl4030_i2c.c
>>>>>> All other drivers in drivers/i2c are host adapter drivers.  Ie they
>>>>>> implement i2c_read(), i2c_write(), i2c_probe(), and i2c_init().
>> The
>>>>>> twl4030_i2c.c driver doesn't seem to fit this mold.  Perhaps it
>> would
>>>> be
>>>>>> better placed in drivers/misc or a new drivers/power directory
>> similar
>>>>>> to Linux?
>>>>> This function probably belongs to board/omap3/common/power.c -> or
>> even
>>>> better to the board file itself?
>>>>
>>>> I was about to mention the opposite ;)
>>>>
>>>> Jean-Christophe asked to move the code from power.c to driver
>> directory
>>>> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-May/052400.html
>>>>
>>>> If you follow above discussion, I was fine with power.c. If we get now
>>>> a twl4030_i2c.c, we should merge the code from power.c into it, too
>>>> (where ever it will be located and named, then).
>>>>
>>> This IMHO is the right approach -> but the real question is where in
>> drivers/ directory? How about drivers/i2c/chips and moving the current
>> drivers/i2c/* to drivers/i2c/busses - following the kernel organization?
>>
>> I'd vote against creating a drivers/i2c/chips directory.  I believe this
>> directory is deprecated in the Linux kernel and they'd prefer drivers be
>> put in the proper driver/<subsystem> directory.  I'd vote to follow this
>> convention in U-Boot too.
>>
>> I'm not familiar with the device or what features you plan on supporting
>> so I can't speak to whether it'd fit better in drivers/power,
>> drivers/misc, somewhere omap3/board specific, etc.
>>
> How about this:
> 
> Regarding Dirk's and Heiko's comment:
> A) How about board/omap3/common/power.c to drivers/power/twl4030.c

I don;t know, if this "board/omap3/common/power.c" is identical
with twl4030 ... ?

> On patch C:
> B) introduce a new header in include/twl4030.h from Tom's patch
> Remove drivers/i2c/twl4030_i2c.c from the patch instead add:
> #define TWLL4030_READ_U8(MODULE, VAL,REG)\
> 	i2c_read((MODULE), (REG), 1, (VAL), 1)
> #define TWLL4030_WRITE_U8(MODULE, VAL,REG)\
> 	i2c_read((MODULE), (REG), 1, (VAL), 1)
> to include/twl4030.h in the patch.

Maybe an option ... thats why I think it is no i2c driver ...

> C) on  [PATCH 3/4] ZOOM2 Add power reset button
> The change should go to corresponding board file -> for zoom1 or zoom2.

or in "drivers/power/twl4030.c", if it is for all zoom* boards identical.

bye
Heiko
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