From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Noralf_Tr=F8nnes?= Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: bcm2835: add spi-bcm2835aux driver for the auxiliar spi1 and spi2 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:25:00 +0200 Message-ID: <55B90C6C.8070906@tronnes.org> References: <1434980408-4086-1-git-send-email-kernel@martin.sperl.org> <55A0A150.3060809@wwwdotorg.org> <55A49662.3000706@wwwdotorg.org> <2768BFA9-7FE9-4EDC-8692-AC3F070BD874@martin.sperl.org> <55AEF828.20908@wwwdotorg.org> <0125992E-40F4-4702-8404-2943FF9A8788@martin.sperl.org> <55B1BA7A.1090104@wwwdotorg.org> <9005ABEC-C60A-4814-AD60-AD5BB09808F2@martin.sperl.org> <55B6EE1A.2070605@wwwdotorg.org> <836DA157-3072-441A-A160-E1FDBB119E88@martin.sperl.org> <55B75E07.1080104@martin.sperl.org> <55B9014C.7020105@lategoodbye.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <55B9014C.7020105-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-spi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Stefan Wahren , Martin Sperl , Stephen Warren Cc: "devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , Mark Brown , "linux-rpi-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" , "linux-spi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Den 29.07.2015 18:37, skrev Stefan Wahren: > Hi Martin, > > Am 28.07.2015 um 12:48 schrieb Martin Sperl: >> On 28.07.2015 08:18, Martin Sperl wrote: >>> Hi Stephen! >>> But the bigger question you have not answered is: =93where should s= uch an >>> auxiliar driver go in the kernel tree?=94 i.e. which directory? >> One thing: could the "module" be a regulator? >> > > IMHO that won't be acceptable. > > How about a multifunction device driver (drivers/mfd)? > > Other candidates could be drivers/soc or drivers/misc. > Could it be a power domain driver? Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt There are currently a deferred probing issue that might be a problem depending on the module linking order: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/11/483 Noralf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html