Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932280AbcJZL4d (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:56:33 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f65.google.com ([209.85.214.65]:37881 "EHLO mail-it0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751175AbcJZL4a (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:56:30 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1477064730.2508.24.camel@pengutronix.de> References: <1477055857-17936-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be> <1477064730.2508.24.camel@pengutronix.de> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:56:29 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ghEzJks16yVfb6PfqvcY1l1lGLs Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/23] soc: renesas: Add R-Car RST driver for obtaining mode pin state To: Philipp Zabel Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Michael Turquette , Stephen Boyd , Simon Horman , Magnus Damm , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , Linux-Renesas , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1407 Lines: 37 Hi Philip, On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Philipp Zabel wrote: > Am Freitag, den 21.10.2016, 15:17 +0200 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven: >> Hi Philipp, Mike, Stephen, Simon, Magnus, >> (see questions *** below!) >> >> Currently the R-Car Clock Pulse Generator (CPG) drivers obtains the >> state of the mode pins either by a call from the platform code, or >> directly by using a hardcoded register access. This is a bit messy, and >> creates a dependency between driver and platform code. >> >> This patch series converts the various Renesas R-Car clock drivers >> and support code from reading the mode pin states using a hardcoded >> register access to using a new minimalistic R-Car RST driver. [...] >> - Philip: While this is a driver for a reset-controller, currently it >> doesn't provide any reset-controller functionality. Hence I added it >> to drivers/soc/renesas/. Is that OK for you? > > Absolutely, as long as the driver isn't even a reset controller > provider, this is the right place. Thank you! Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds