Hi!
> > Why don't you extend the support you already provide in drivers/platform?
> > This seems like a logical place for an all encompassing device which cannot be
> > split out to individual subsystems.
>
> There is a problem to extend for that the existing driver
> drivers/platform/x86/mlxcpld-hotplug.c.
> It has been provided for x86 arch and I am planning to extend it with ACPI
> support.
>
> But in mlxreg-core I am using DTS, which is not supported for x86.
> Here I am using the next functions for probing and removing hotplug
> entities:
> static void mlxreg_core_dev_enable(struct device_node *np)
> {
> /* Enable and create device. */
> of_update_property(np, &mlxreg_core_device_en);
> }
>
> static void mlxreg_core_dev_disable(struct device_node *np)
> {
> /* Disable and unregister platform device. */
> of_update_property(np, &mlxreg_core_device_dis);
> of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_POPULATED);
> }
>
> And such code can't be placed under drivers/platform/x86/.
So aim for drivers/platform/mlx ...?
Pavel
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