Re: [patch v4 2/2] mfd: Add Mellanox regmap I2C driver

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On Tue, 05 Sep 2017, Vadim Pasternak wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee Jones [mailto:lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 10:36 AM
> > To: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx; pavel@xxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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> > Subject: Re: [patch v4 2/2] mfd: Add Mellanox regmap I2C driver

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> > On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Vadim Pasternak wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch adds I2C regmap driver for Mellanox BMC cards with the
> > > programmable devices attached to I2C interface. It allows support for
> > > CPLD devices with one and two bytes address space.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS              |   1 +
> > >  drivers/mfd/Kconfig      |  13 ++++
> > >  drivers/mfd/Makefile     |   1 +
> > >  drivers/mfd/mlxreg-i2c.c | 183
> > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 198 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/mlxreg-i2c.c
> > 
> > I don't know what this is, but it is not an MFD driver.  Please find somewhere
> > more appropriate to locate it.  MFD is not a dumping ground for drivers
> > which do not fit anywhere else.
> 
> Hi Lee,
> 
> As according your previous notes I am splitting hotplug driver  and moving it to new 
> folder drivers/platform/mellanox/, possibly it would be the best place to relocate it
> there. I also intend to have in the future small drivers mlxreg-spi, mlxreg-mmio and
> maybe it would be correct to to use these new folder for all of them?

I'm afraid I don't have the topology of the driver in my mind.  I
guess those decisions will be best taken by the Platform maintainer.

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