On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 05:47:33PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:50:50PM +0000, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On 11/22/2013 01:23 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Just to clarify: you want to have ./gpio/gpio-max6650.c? >> >> >> >> >> > No, I never said that. I wanted you to register the gpio pins >> >> > with the gpio subsystem. I didn't ask you to write a separate >> >> > driver for it. >> >> > >> >> > Sure, strictly speaking one could write a top level mfd driver >> >> > and separate gpio and hwmon drivers, but at least in my opinion >> >> > that would be overkill. I also never suggested this; you brought >> >> > the term mfd into the discussion. >> >> >> >> Why is it an overkill to write a separate gpio driver for this, and >> >> potentially also for the gpio status register of this particular MAXIM >> >> chip? >> >> >> >> Other gpio drivers in the gpio folder are also short. This would not >> >> become long either. >> >> >> > No one prevents you from writing a separate gpio driver. I will certainly >> > not prevent you from doing it. Just don't claim that I requested it. >> > Same is true for an mfd driver; I won't prevent you from writing one. >> > But don't claim that I told you to do it. >> >> I am not sure if you are trying to claim that with this statement a >> separate gpio driver would be acceptable, but it would require a bit >> more work, or whether that you would reject such a driver added. >> > Please explain, for my education, what makes you believe that I would > object to or reject to anyone submitting such a driver. After the current objection, I am not sure anymore. I thought the last change would have been just as acceptable. ;-) So, in short, I would not like to waste more time with unacceptable approaches for the maintainer. Anyway, if you feel happy about accepting such an approach once stabilized, I think I will go for that. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
