From: Martin Sperl <kernel-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
To: Stefan Wahren <info-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: bcm2835: add spi-bcm2835aux driver for the auxiliar spi1 and spi2
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:16:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C767C9AD-A9B5-428F-A207-D67269B380C6@martin.sperl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55B9014C.7020105-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org>
> On 29.07.2015, at 18:37, Stefan Wahren <info-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
>
>> Am 28.07.2015 um 12:48 schrieb Martin Sperl:
>>> On 28.07.2015 08:18, Martin Sperl wrote:
>>> Hi Stephen!
>>> But the bigger question you have not answered is: “where should such an
>>> auxiliar driver go in the kernel tree?” i.e. which directory?
>> One thing: could the "module" be a regulator?
>
> IMHO that won't be acceptable.
Why would it not be acceptable?
It provides all sorts of methods and you do not have to implement all of them.
Enable and disable would be sufficient.
On top it would be a generic interface.
Even the mcp251x can driver uses 2 of those to enable/disable the controller chip
and the transceiver (and 2 dummy regulators if none are defined)
There are also gpio regulators to switch a gpio to enable/disable a power-supply.
So with all those features it should be fairly standard to be used for
such things.
See here for a bit of documentation:
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt
(Especially point 2 about enable/disable)
> How about a multifunction device driver (drivers/mfd)?
> Other candidates could be drivers/soc or drivers/misc.
Also possible...
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2015-06-22 13:40 [PATCH 1/2] spi: bcm2835: add spi-bcm2835aux driver for the auxiliar spi1 and spi2 kernel-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw
[not found] ` <1434980408-4086-1-git-send-email-kernel-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-22 13:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] dt: brcm,bcm2835-aux-spi: add binding documentation for new spi-bcm2835aux kernel-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw
[not found] ` <1434980408-4086-2-git-send-email-kernel-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-22 17:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] dt: brcm, bcm2835-aux-spi: " Stefan Wahren
[not found] ` <55884C2B.8040601-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-22 19:19 ` Martin Sperl
2015-06-22 14:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] spi: bcm2835: add spi-bcm2835aux driver for the auxiliar spi1 and spi2 Noralf Trønnes
2015-06-22 14:55 ` Jakub Kiciński
2015-06-22 15:26 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <E72B3D8C-EA1B-4B4C-8EAF-C14A5631882E-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-25 14:19 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <97C7561C-6D67-4F51-94BB-3B8D401D77A0-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-30 9:42 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <20150630094232.GM11162-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-01 19:39 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <6A2CCE70-5DAF-4E86-A0A4-F5E93FD1B540-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-01 20:57 ` Noralf Trønnes
[not found] ` <55945448.7010502-L59+Z2yzLopAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-05 1:14 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <1400E1A3-43E1-4D0E-A54D-E5D668A4C516-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-05 10:37 ` Noralf Trønnes
[not found] ` <55990904.9040002-L59+Z2yzLopAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-05 13:11 ` Martin Sperl
2015-07-11 4:41 ` Stephen Warren
2015-07-11 4:37 ` Stephen Warren
2015-07-11 4:53 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <55A0A150.3060809-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-12 2:10 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <ECFBB7BF-1316-4565-B1F2-FB2651131882-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-14 4:56 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <55A49662.3000706-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-14 12:39 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <2768BFA9-7FE9-4EDC-8692-AC3F070BD874-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-22 1:55 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <55AEF828.20908-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-22 16:28 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <0125992E-40F4-4702-8404-2943FF9A8788-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-24 4:09 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <55B1BA7A.1090104-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-24 6:47 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <9005ABEC-C60A-4814-AD60-AD5BB09808F2-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-28 2:51 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <55B6EE1A.2070605-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-28 6:18 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <836DA157-3072-441A-A160-E1FDBB119E88-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-28 10:48 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <55B75E07.1080104-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-29 16:37 ` Stefan Wahren
[not found] ` <55B9014C.7020105-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-29 17:25 ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-07-29 21:16 ` Martin Sperl [this message]
[not found] ` <C767C9AD-A9B5-428F-A207-D67269B380C6-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 5:36 ` Stefan Wahren
[not found] ` <55B9B7EF.2070108-saaNCTdWVBT7BZbvpMY5sg@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 6:45 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <C2C16277-C6C1-4F86-BB88-580CF667EF24-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 7:10 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <97861F80-CF83-4FF2-B96E-CDFB1A8F4921-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-30 15:27 ` Martin Sperl
[not found] ` <E9EEB426-95DE-4785-949C-6A402A25E115-TqfNSX0MhmxHKSADF0wUEw@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-31 18:42 ` Stefan Wahren
2015-08-01 2:55 ` Stephen Warren
2015-08-01 2:51 ` Stephen Warren
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