RE: [PATCH V2] drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c: fix brokeness

From: Voss, Nikolaus
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 05:18:25 EST


Hi,

> IMHO, you should split this patch into three or more smaller patches.
> You're doing lots of different things in one commit and it'll be a pain to
> bisect should this cause any issues to anyone.

I didn't split the patch because it is virtually a complete rewrite.
Due to the severe limitations of the old driver, I think it should
replace the old driver.

> > +/* -*- linux-c -*-
>
> you shouldn't add this editor hooks to linux source files.

Ok.


> > -static int at91_i2c_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > +static int at91_i2c_resume(struct device *dev)
> > {
> > - return clk_enable(twi_clk);
> > + struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> > + struct at91_i2c_dev *i2c_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>
> dev_get_drvdata(dev) will do the same of two above lines. You don't need to
> fetch the platform_device...

Ok.

> > -MODULE_AUTHOR("Rick Bronson");
> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Nikolaus Voss");
>
> wow... are you sure ? Rick will always be the original author, no ?

Yes, of course, but I don't want to declare him responsible for my
own mistakes. The new driver has almost nothing to do with the old.

Thanks for your *very* fast reply and review.

Niko

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