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From: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:56:33 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: reorganize drivers
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> Specifically, module names don't give any clues about which directory
> they were loaded out of, so it is useful to have the module name
> reflect exactly what the module is for. ?Second, a lot of these
> gpio/spi/i2c cores end up being stuffed into an integrated chipset
> where they all pretty much share the same name, but the drivers are
> for different functional blocks. ?ie. gpio-omap.o, spi-omap.o,
> i2c-omap.o

OK, makes sense.

 - R.
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