Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] drivers: firmware: xilinx: Add ZynqMP firmware driver

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jan 23 2018 - 03:38:28 EST


On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 12:20:32PM -0800, Jolly Shah wrote:
> This patch is adding communication layer with firmware.
> Firmware driver provides an interface to firmware APIs.
> Interface APIs can be used by any driver to communicate to
> PMUFW(Platform Management Unit). All requests go through ATF.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jolly Shah <jollys@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rajan Vaja <rajanv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/xilinx/Kconfig | 4 +
> drivers/firmware/xilinx/Makefile | 4 +
> drivers/firmware/xilinx/zynqmp/Kconfig | 16 +
> drivers/firmware/xilinx/zynqmp/Makefile | 4 +
> drivers/firmware/xilinx/zynqmp/firmware.c | 987 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/firmware/xilinx/zynqmp/firmware.h | 570 ++++++++++++++

Why does this file need to be in include/linux/ at all? Shouldn't it
just live in the driver-specific subdir?

thanks,

greg k-h