Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934181AbaFQRPQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:15:16 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.219.48]:43974 "EHLO mail-oa0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933460AbaFQRPL (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:15:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7hvbrzbh1u.fsf@paris.lan> References: <1402944372-31901-1-git-send-email-bjorn.andersson@sonymobile.com> <7hvbrzbh1u.fsf@paris.lan> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:15:10 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Qualcomm Resource Power Manager driver From: Bjorn Andersson To: Kevin Hilman , Lee Jones Cc: Bjorn Andersson , Rob Herring , Mark Rutland , Liam Girdwood , Mark Brown , Kumar Gala , Josh Cartwright , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , linux-arm-msm , Paul Walmsley Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > +Paul Walmsley > > Bjorn Andersson writes: > >> This series adds a regulator driver for the Resource Power Manager found in >> Qualcomm 8660, 8960 and 8064 based devices. >> >> The RPM driver exposes resources to its child devices, that can be accessed to >> implement drivers for the regulators, clocks and bus frequency control that's >> owned by the RPM in these devices. >> >> Changes since v2: >> - Fix copy-paste error in dt binding >> - Correct incomplete move from mfd to soc >> - Correct const mistake in regulator driver >> >> Changes since v1: >> - Moved rpm driver to drivers/soc > > I'm not sure I follow the motivation for having this under drivers/soc? > Hi Kevin, I've made the argument that to me this is conceptually a black box handling regulators, clocks and other stuff; hence similar to a PMIC, which would fit nicely into drivers/mfd. I still think this is the case and now that I look back I didn't get any pushback from Lee Jones so maybe the move was premature? Regards, Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/