Re: [PATCH V5] dmaengine: Loongson1: Add Loongson1 dmaengine driver

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Tue Jul 20 2021 - 07:47:29 EST


On 17-07-21, 19:39, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 08:09:45PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On 17-07-21, 18:57, Kelvin Cheung wrote:
> > > Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2021年7月14日周三 下午1:14写道:
> > > >
> > > > On 04-07-21, 23:33, Keguang Zhang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > +static struct platform_driver ls1x_dma_driver = {
> > > > > + .probe = ls1x_dma_probe,
> > > > > + .remove = ls1x_dma_remove,
> > > > > + .driver = {
> > > > > + .name = "ls1x-dma",
> > > > > + },
> > > > > +};
> > > > > +
> > > > > +module_platform_driver(ls1x_dma_driver);
> > > >
> > > > so my comment was left unanswered, who creates this device!
> > >
> > > Sorry!
> > > This patch will create the device: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/12281691
> >
> > Greg, looks like the above patch creates platform devices in mips, is
> > that the right way..?
>
> I do not understand, what exactly is the question?

So this patch was adding Loongson1 dmaengine driver which is a platform
device. I asked about the platform device and was told that [1] creates
the platform device. I am not sure if that is the recommended way given
that you have been asking people to not use platform devices.

[1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/12281691

So is [1] the correct approach or should this be fixed?

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~Vinod