From: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
nsaenz@kernel.org, dan.carpenter@oracle.com,
phil@raspberrypi.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] vchiq: Patch to separate platform and cdev code
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 16:14:47 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210724104447.GA3435@ojas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <702bc38c-8ea2-eb30-84db-a647140585f6@i2se.com>
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 03:31:58PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Am 23.07.21 um 14:59 schrieb Ojaswin Mujoo:
> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 01:02:41PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 09:50:48PM +0530, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> This patchset adderesses the TODO item number 10 specified at:
> >>>
> >>> drivers/staging/vc04-services/interface/TODO
> >>>
> >>> For reference, the task is:
> >>>
> >>> 10) Reorganize file structure: Move char driver to it's own file and join
> >>> both platform files
> >>>
> >>> The cdev is defined alongside with the platform code in vchiq_arm.c. It
> >>> would be nice to completely decouple it from the actual core code. For
> >>> instance to be able to use bcm2835-audio without having /dev/vchiq created.
> >>> One could argue it's better for security reasons or general cleanliness. It
> >>> could even be interesting to create two different kernel modules, something
> >>> the likes of vchiq-core.ko and vchiq-dev.ko. This would also ease the
> >>> upstreaming process.
> >>>
> >>> A summary of the patches is as follows:
> >>>
> >>> - Patch 1: Move cdev init code into a function
> >>> - Patch 2: Shift some devlarations from vchiq_arm.c to vchiq_arm.h for
> >>> sharing
> >>> - Patch 3: Move vchiq cdev init code from vchiq_arm.c into vchiq_dev.c
> >>> - Patch 4: Decouple cdev code by defining a Kconfig entry to allow
> >>> optional compilation of it.
> >>> - Patch 5: Merge code in vchiq_2835_arm.c to vchiq_arm.c
> >>>
> >>> Changes since v3 [2]:
> >>>
> >>> * In Patch 5, replace forward declarations of some of the functions with
> >>> function definition
> >> You dropped the reviews of others, so now I need to wait for them again
> >> :(
> >>
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > Apologies for that, I was under the impression that a new version
> > needed a separate review :(
> No, just the patches which had functional changes.
Ohh, noted.
> > If its okay, I can alternately resubmit this (as v5?) with Stefan's
> > Reviewed-By tags on unchanged commits intact. Let me know if that's okay
> > or if its better to wait out.
>
> No, please don't resubmit. I will do the review soon.
Thanks for the review and all the help, Stefan. It is much appreciated
:)
Regards,
Ojaswin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-24 10:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-21 16:20 [PATCH v4 0/5] vchiq: Patch to separate platform and cdev code Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-21 16:20 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] staging: vchiq: Refactor vchiq " Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-21 16:20 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] staging: vchiq: Move certain declarations to vchiq_arm.h Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-21 16:20 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] staging: vchiq: Move vchiq char driver to its own file Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-21 16:20 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] staging: vchiq: Make creation of vchiq cdev optional Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-27 13:25 ` Greg KH
2021-07-27 16:55 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-21 16:20 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] staging: vchiq: Combine vchiq platform code into single file Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-23 11:02 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] vchiq: Patch to separate platform and cdev code Greg KH
2021-07-23 12:59 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2021-07-23 13:31 ` Stefan Wahren
2021-07-24 10:44 ` Ojaswin Mujoo [this message]
2021-07-24 9:38 ` Stefan Wahren
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