Re: [PATCH] i3c: master: dw: split dw-i3c-master.c into master and bus specific parts

[Boris Brezillon]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:28:02 +0000
vitor <vitor.soares@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26/11/18 19:08, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:56:18 +0100
> > Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >     
> >>>   ÂÂÂ - for the others it will easy the SoC integration avoiding
> >>> duplicated work and doing things from scratch.  
> >> What would be duplicated? You want to support a new SoC, just add a new
> >> entry in the of_match_table and you're done. When you need to add
> >> SoC/integration specific stuff, create a struct and attach a different
> >> instance per-compatible so that each SoC can have its own configuration
> >> (or even init sequence if needed). That's how we do for pretty much all
> >> IPs out there, why should designware ones be different?  
> > To be more specific, I'd like a real example that shows why the
> > separation is needed.  
> 
> Ok no problem. We can delay this for PCI and other rules support.

I finally understand what this separation is all about: supporting both
PCI and platform devices. I guess I've been distracted by this sentence:

"
This patch will allow SOC integrators to add their code specific to
DesignWare I3C IP.
"

which for me meant each SoC would have its own platform_driver.

In any case, I think this is a bit premature do this separation, unless
you already know about one integrator planning to expose this IP over
PCI.