On Tue, 01 Oct 2019, Deucher, Alexander wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lee Jones <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:00 AM > > To: RAVULAPATI, VISHNU VARDHAN RAO > > <[email protected]> > > Cc: RAVULAPATI, VISHNU VARDHAN RAO > > <[email protected]>; Deucher, Alexander > > <[email protected]>; Liam Girdwood <[email protected]>; > > Mark Brown <[email protected]>; Jaroslav Kysela <[email protected]>; > > Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>; Mukunda, Vijendar > > <[email protected]>; Maruthi Srinivas Bayyavarapu > > <[email protected]>; Mehta, Sanju > > <[email protected]>; Colin Ian King <[email protected]>; Dan > > Carpenter <[email protected]>; moderated list:SOUND - SOC LAYER > > / DYNAMIC AUDIO POWER MANAGEM... <[email protected]>; > > open list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] ASoC: amd: Registering device endpoints using MFD > > framework > > > > On Tue, 01 Oct 2019, vishnu wrote: > > > > > Hi Jones, > > > > > > I am very Thankful to your review comments. > > > > > > Actually The driver is not totally based on MFD. It just uses > > > mfd_add_hotplug_devices() and mfd_remove_devices() for adding the > > > devices automatically. > > > > > > Remaining code has nothing to do with MFD framework. > > > > > > So I thought It would not break the coding style and moved ahead by > > > using the MFD API by adding its header file. > > > > > > If it is any violation of coding standard then I can move it to > > > drivers/mfd. > > > > > > This patch could be a show stopper for us.Please suggest us how can we > > > move ahead ASAP. > > > > Either move the MFD parts to drivers/mfd, or stop using the MFD API. > > There are more drivers outside of drivers/mfd using this API than > drivers in drivers/mfd.
People do wrong things all the time. It doesn't make them right. > In a lot of cases it doesn't make sense to move the driver to drivers/mfd. In those cases, the platform_device_*() API should be used. -- Lee Jones [李琼斯] Linaro Services Technical Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
