Re: [PATCH 7/9] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: Use per-OPP data structure

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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxx> wrote:
> jean.pihet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>> From: Jean Pihet <j-pihet@xxxxxx>
>>
>> The SmartReflex driver incorrectly treats some per-OPP data as data
>> common to all OPPs (e.g., ERRMINLIMIT).  Move this data into a per-OPP
>> data structure.
>
> OK
>
>> The SmartReflex driver should not be dependent on whether the host SoC
>> uses eFuses to store SmartReflex parameters or not.  (Even SoCs that
>> do store SR data in eFuses often need to override that data with
>> software-defined values.)  So, convert sr_retrieve_nvalue() to look up
>> per-OPP data by the OPP's nominal voltage, rather than by the eFuse
>> offset.
>
> Right.
>
>> While at it:
>>  . tidy up the code wrt default values in the data tables,
>>  . remove the global errminlimit debugfs entry and create per-voltage
>>    entries from the data tables.
>
> OK
>
>> Furthermore, in order to make the SmartReflex implementation ready for
>> the move to drivers/, remove the dependency from the SR driver code
>> to the voltage layer by querying the data tables only from the SR device
>> init code.
>
> So that's 4 relatively independent things going on in this patch which
> makes it somewhat difficult to review and understand.
>
> I'd suggest breaking it up into smaller parts if possible.  If not, fix
> up the changelog to describe why all of these need to go together, and
> why it's necessary to do them before the move.
Those changes are not independent from each other.
However for improved readability the patch can be split up (e.g.
efuse->opp, debugfs ...) and the changelog updated accordingly.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>

Thanks,
Jean
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