Re: [PATCH 0/5] hwmon: move include files out of include/linux/i2c

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Mon May 22 2017 - 02:37:57 EST


Hi Guenter,

> > Note that some files don't seem to have upstream
> > users in board code, so they maybe could even be removed? I didn't check for
>
> While I understand where you are coming from, I am not typically that aggressive.
> Such removals force vendors who are not really forthcoming with upstreaming to
> deviate even further from upstream. It makes them even less likely to submit their
> code upstream, and it may result in enforcing their belief that upstream doesn't
> really care about vendors struggling to release boards and systems to their
> customers.

I clearly see your point. I meant more the case where platform_data
became cruft because platforms moved to DT. I agree this is not so much
the case for HWMON but it was true for the I2C master driver where I
could remove the platform data and could save the include file and some
code. That was just a nice cleanup.

> >I prefer the series to go upstream via the subsystem tree; if you prefer that I
> >take it via I2C, just let me know.
> >
> Series applied to hwmon-next.

Super, thanks!

Regards,

Wolfram

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