Re: [PATCH RFC v4 06/10] net: qualcomm: make qca_common a separate kernel module

[Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>]

Am 27.03.2017 um 17:44 schrieb Dan Williams:
> On Mon, 2017-03-27 at 15:37 +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>> In order to share common functions between QCA7000 SPI and UART
>> protocol
>> driver the qca_common needs to be a separate kernel module.
> Maybe "qca_eth_common"?  There are many things Qualcomm, slightly fewer
> things Qualcomm Atheros, and "qca_common" isn't very descriptive.

Since it is a Homeplug powerline chip which doesn't have any physical
connection to Ethernet only on protocol level, i wouldn't use eth in the
module name.

The code is very specific to the QCA7000, so how about "qca_7k_common"?

>
> Dan
>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig      |  8 +++++++-
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile     |  5 +++--
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
>> index d7720bf..b4c369d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
>> @@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ config NET_VENDOR_QUALCOMM
>>  if NET_VENDOR_QUALCOMM
>>  
>>  config QCA7000
>> -	tristate "Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000 support"
>> +	tristate
>> +	help
>> +	  This enables support for the Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000.
>> +
>> +config QCA7000_SPI
>> +	tristate "Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000 SPI support"
>> +	select QCA7000
>>  	depends on SPI_MASTER && OF
>>  	---help---
>>  	  This SPI protocol driver supports the Qualcomm Atheros
>> QCA7000.
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
>> index 8080570..00d8729 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
>> @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
>>  # Makefile for the Qualcomm network device drivers.
>>  #
>>  
>> -obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000) += qcaspi.o
>> -qcaspi-objs := qca_spi.o qca_common.o qca_7k.o qca_debug.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000) += qca_common.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000_SPI) += qcaspi.o
>> +qcaspi-objs := qca_7k.o qca_debug.o qca_spi.o
>>  
>>  obj-y += emac/
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
>> index d930524..f2c9e76 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
>> @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
>>   *   by an atheros frame while transmitted over a serial channel;
>>   */
>>  
>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>  
>>  #include "qca_common.h"
>>  
>> @@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ qcafrm_create_header(u8 *buf, u16 length)
>>  
>>  	return QCAFRM_HEADER_LEN;
>>  }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_create_header);
>>  
>>  u16
>>  qcafrm_create_footer(u8 *buf)
>> @@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ qcafrm_create_footer(u8 *buf)
>>  	buf[1] = 0x55;
>>  	return QCAFRM_FOOTER_LEN;
>>  }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_create_footer);
>>  
>>  /*   Gather received bytes and try to extract a full ethernet frame
>> by
>>   *   following a simple state machine.
>> @@ -154,3 +158,9 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle,
>> u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
>>  
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_fsm_decode);
>> +
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Atheros Common");
>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Atheros Communications");
>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>");
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");


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