Re: [PATCH 01/16] mfd: madera: Add register definitions for Cirrus Logic Madera codecs

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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Richard Fitzgerald
> <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patch adds a header file of register definitions for Cirrus
>> Logic "Madera" class codecs. These codecs are all based off a common
>> set of hardware IP so have a common register map (with a few minor
>> device-to-device variations). These are complex devices with a large
>> mber of features and so have a correspondingly large register set.
>> The registers.h file has been auto-generated from the hardware register
>> definitions, stripped down to only registers we need to access from
>> the driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This:
>  include/linux/mfd/madera/registers.h | 8832 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Get included in all subdrivers I suppose?
>
> So you are broadcasting 8800+ lines into every subdriver across the
> entire kernel.
>
> Just the time spent in the preprocessor parsing this will affect compilation
> time.

Or maybe this is a necessary sacrifice to get the regmap cache
centralized in MFD. I don't know. I feel stupid.

I guess I should focus on "my" subsystems...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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