Re: [PATCH 1/4] hwmon: (oxp-sensors) Separate logic from device-specific data

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Dec 26 2024 - 15:54:42 EST


On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 06:00:16PM +0100, tjakobi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We currently have large switch-statements in all functions that
> write to EC registers, even though the bulk of the supported
> devices functions more or less the same.
>
> Factor the device-specific data out into a struct oxp_config. This
> only leaves logic in the corresponding functions and should make
> adding future devices much easier and less error-prone.
>
> Also introduce struct oxp_data which is going to be used in a
> later commit to cache device state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/oxp-sensors.c | 517 +++++++++++++++---------------------
> 1 file changed, 215 insertions(+), 302 deletions(-)
>
...
> +
> static const struct dmi_system_id dmi_table[] = {
> {
> .matches = {
> DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "AOKZOE"),
> DMI_EXACT_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "AOKZOE A1 AR07"),
> },
> - .driver_data = (void *)aok_zoe_a1,
> + .driver_data = (void *)&config_aok_zoe,

I have not looked at hte rest of the code, but the whole point of
void * is that a tyoe cast to or from it is not necessary.

Guenter