Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mfd: intel_quark_i2c_gpio: Use dmi_system_id table for retrieving frequency

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2017-05-22 19:36, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 2017-05-22 19:26, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 2017-05-22 19:20, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2017-05-22 19:12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>>>> And since there is no difference to the frequency the name is enough.
>>>>>> So, I wouldn't go with this series as is. See above.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope: Just like for the stmmac, we need to include the asset tags to
>>>>> avoid matching variations of the devices which may carry the same board
>>>>> name. While I will try to avoid that this happens, we are better safe
>>>>> than sorry here.
>>>>
>>>> Do we have an issue right now?
>>>> Yes / No
>>>
>>> Andy, we are trying to design a robust upstream driver here, no ad-hoc
>>> BSP that will not survive the hardware anyway.
>>
>> You didn't answer my question...
>>
>> I do not see a good point to solve the issue that might happen in the future.
>>
>
> While I do - that's why your question is misleading.
>
> Then let's leave the decision up to the maintainer.

Lee, just for your convenience I'm repeating myself here:

I do not like this series at all since it tries to solve non-existing
issue in over-engineering way.

If you on opposite side I will be happy to help reviewing it.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko