Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] ACPI / PMIC: Stop xpower OPRegion handler relying on IIO

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On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-04-19 at 22:18 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > The intel_pmic_xpower code provides an OPRegion handler, which must
>> > be
>> > available before other drivers using it are loaded, which can only
>> > be
>> > ensured if both the mfd and opregion drivers are built in, which is
>> > why
>> > the Kconfig option for intel_pmic_xpower is a bool.
>> >
>> > The use of IIO is causing trouble for generic distro configs here as
>> > distros will typically want to build IIO drivers as modules and
>> > there
>> > really is no reason to use IIO here. The reading of the ADC value is
>> > a
>> > single regmap_bulk_read, which is already protected against races by
>> > the regmap-lock.
>> >
>> > This commit removes the use of IIO, allowing distros to enable the
>> > driver without needing to built IIO in and also actually simplifies
>> > the code.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Andy, Srinivas, any concerns?
>
> I would prefer to have this magic shifts in a common header between
> drivers, but I'm not insisting (I admit it might take much more work for
> no clear benefit, except keeping ADC bits in one place).
>
> So, I'm fine with this change.

OK

I'm going to apply the series then.

Thanks,
Rafael
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