Re: [PATCH v3] Topcliff: Update PCH_I2C driver to 2.6.36

From: Tomoya MORINAGA
Date: Tue Oct 26 2010 - 05:05:18 EST


On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:20 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:

> I don't like this driver name at all. For one thing, "pch" is too
> short. Many other vendors could come up with names with acronym "PCH".
>
> For another, Intel has many PCH (Platform Controller Hub) chips, some
> of them (5/3400 Series, Cougar Point, Patsburg) are or will be
> supported by the i2c-i801 driver, some of them (Moorestown) will be
> supported by the upcoming i2c-intel-mid driver (even though the name
> "PCH" is surprisingly missing from the source code) and your driver
> only supports one particular model.
Yes, this driver suppors only Topcliff(Intel Atom E6xx series) now.

>
> So please find a name which accurately represents the hardware your
> driver is for. i2c-topcliff would be fine with me, but you will have to
> check with Intel, as I know they are quite picky with the usage of code
> names.

Most drivers for Topcliff have been accepted with "pch_" prefix.
Only SPI driver, like you indicates, have accepted as spi_topcliff_pch.c.
If you request, I can modify "pch_i2c.c" to "i2c-topcliff_pch.c".

>
> As for the driver code, I will not be able to review it, sorry. It's
> not in my area, I don't have the time and I don't have the hardware. I
> think it would make sense for Intel people to review and test it before
> it gets upstream.
No problem!
After reviewing by Intel(:CCed), we started posting to LKML and
we have already tested this patch on the EVA Board.

Tuhs, I want you to merge to this patch to 2.6.37 ASAP.

Thanks, Tomoya(OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.)

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Topcliff: Update PCH_I2C driver to 2.6.36


> Hi Tomoya,
>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:06:09 +0900, Tomoya wrote:
> > Could you merge this patch to 2.6.37 ?
> >
> > Change Summary
> > - Change Author
> > - Change Name of "Signed-off-by"
> >
> > Thanks, Tomoya(OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.)
> >
> > ---
> > I2C driver of Topcliff PCH
> >
> > Topcliff PCH is the platform controller hub that is going to be used in
> > Intel's upcoming general embedded platform. All IO peripherals in
> > Topcliff PCH are actually devices sitting on AMBA bus.
> > Topcliff PCH has I2C I/F. Using this I/F, it is able to access system
> > devices connected to I2C.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig | 8 +
> > drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pch.c | 908 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I don't like this driver name at all. For one thing, "pch" is too
> short. Many other vendors could come up with names with acronym "PCH".
>
> For another, Intel has many PCH (Platform Controller Hub) chips, some
> of them (5/3400 Series, Cougar Point, Patsburg) are or will be
> supported by the i2c-i801 driver, some of them (Moorestown) will be
> supported by the upcoming i2c-intel-mid driver (even though the name
> "PCH" is surprisingly missing from the source code) and your driver
> only supports one particular model.
>
> So please find a name which accurately represents the hardware your
> driver is for. i2c-topcliff would be fine with me, but you will have to
> check with Intel, as I know they are quite picky with the usage of code
> names.
>
> As for the driver code, I will not be able to review it, sorry. It's
> not in my area, I don't have the time and I don't have the hardware. I
> think it would make sense for Intel people to review and test it before
> it gets upstream.
>
> --
> Jean Delvare
>

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