Re: [PATCH V4 1/5] pvpanic: move pvpanic to misc as common driver

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 7:27 AM Peng Hao <peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> move pvpanic.c from drivers/platform/x86 to drivers/misc.
> following patches will use pvpanic device in arm64.

> --- a/drivers/platform/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/Kconfig
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +if ARM64
> +source "drivers/platform/arm/Kconfig"
> +endif
>  if X86
>  source "drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig"
>  endif
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/Makefile b/drivers/platform/Makefile
> index 4b2ce58..232231c 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/platform/Makefile
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  # Makefile for linux/drivers/platform
>  #
>
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64)               += arm/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_X86)              += x86/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MELLANOX_PLATFORM)        += mellanox/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MIPS)             += mips/

I'm not sure:
a) how it's related to the rest in this patch (should be split I suppose);
b) how come arm64->arm replacement â are platform drivers independent
from the (ARM) architecture?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko