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From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Cc: "Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 3/7] anybus-s: support the Arcx anybus controller
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:17:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGngYiXd34hTriDsKvhOWogaF0uLfVbUn5BzJc3cUnZcWpFXAg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3103f45a-facf-89a3-8a36-84507c570909@metux.net>

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 4:41 AM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<lkml@metux.net> wrote:
> hmm, I think the main question here is clean separation between
> subsystems - devices that span multiple subsystems, IMHO, fall
> into the category "mfd".
>

Generally I agree wholeheartedly, but as we discussed,
it might not be worth the trouble in this case.

> separate drivers probably don't make much sense here, but maybe
> a CONFIG_ flag for disabling this functionality ?

Yes, I can add that for sure !

>
> hmm, wouldn't the input subsystem be more appropriate for that ?
>

The input subsystem is concerned with input from humans?
But in this case, it's really a power output from an external card
on a PCB assembly. Regulator seemed the kernel abstraction
closest to what this actually represents.

I'm honestly not fully satisfied by the use of the regulator
abstraction here. If you know of a different abstraction
which seems better, I'll definitely consider it.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-17 14:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-16 15:56 [PATCH v11 0/7] Add Fieldbus subsystem + support HMS Profinet card Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 1/7] fieldbus_dev: add Fieldbus Device subsystem Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 2/7] anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 17:06   ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-16 18:43     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 20:58       ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-16 22:00         ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-17 15:25           ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-18 17:44             ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-24 10:25               ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-24 13:58                 ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 3/7] anybus-s: support the Arcx anybus controller Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 17:27   ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-16 18:35     ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 21:05       ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-16 21:23         ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-17  8:39           ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-17 14:17             ` Sven Van Asbroeck [this message]
2019-04-18  8:15               ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-18  8:18               ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-04-18 13:18                 ` Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 4/7] dt-bindings: anybus-controller: document devicetree binding Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 5/7] dt-bindings: Add vendor prefix for arcx / Archronix Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 6/7] fieldbus_dev: support HMS Profinet IRT industrial controller Sven Van Asbroeck
2019-04-16 15:56 ` [PATCH v11 7/7] staging: fieldbus_dev: add TODO Sven Van Asbroeck

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