Re: [PATCH RFC] Splitting i2c-designware.c to support PCI drivers

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Hi Dirk,

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:06:33 -0800, Dirk Brandewie wrote:
> On 01/14/2011 01:48 PM, Ben Dooks wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 09:30:07PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> >> Hi Dirk,
> >>
> >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:27:27 -0800, dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>> From: Dirk Brandewie<dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> This patch set splits i2c-designware.c core and bus specific portions
> >>> in to support the Designware core being behind a PCI device.
> >>>
> >>> The Intel Moorsetown and Medfield SOC's are supported in the PCI
> >>> portion of the driver.
> >>
> >> We already have the i2c-intel-mid driver for Moorsetown and Medfield.
> >> Why would we need another driver?
> 
> I was tasked with fixing a couple of bugs i2c-intel-mid.c and adding support for 
> another upcoming platform.  While I was coming up to speed on the driver I 
> "discovered" the i2c-designware.c driver.  After talking with AlanC and Shinya 
> it seemed like the right thing to do to merge the two drivers.  The patch set 
> adds a parallel driver ATM moment until it get some good test.  Once it gets 
> more test I plan on adding patches to remove i2c-intel-mid.c and update current 
> i2c-designware.c driver to use the merged driver.

OK, this makes a lot of sense then. You should have explained that
right away!

-- 
Jean Delvare
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