On 4/4/2012 9:10 PM, Trilok Soni wrote:
Hi Jean,

On 3/19/2012 9:42 PM, jean.pi...@newoldbits.com wrote:
From: Jean Pihet<j-pi...@ti.com>

Move the driver specific macros from the smartreflex header file
(arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.h) in a new header file
include/linux/power/smartreflex.h.

This change makes the SmartReflex implementation ready for the move
to drivers/.

I wonder why someone would need a new directory under drivers/power
where the code is not about introducing new and generic AVS framework
but it is all about OMAP specific code.

The main motivation is that it's a driver and thus does not have anything to do inside mach-omap2.

Where will you put that otherwise?

What if tomorrow new generic
AVS framework comes from different chip vendor? I am sure this kind
of technology would be common in newer embedded chips.

Probably, but this is hard to know with only one implementation so far in the kernel. I guess when someone else will start pushing some new AVS driver inside the AVS directory, we might realize that there is enough common part to create a frwmk.

IIRC, David Brownell was referring to the rule of three for such case. Meaning that it worth having a generic fmwk when at least three different drivers are doing the same kind of things.

Regards,
Benoit
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