Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] misc: add FPC202 dual port controller driver
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 20 2025 - 07:14:09 EST
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 01:09:03PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>
> > as this is a i2c_driver, why isn't it in drivers/i2c/ somewhere? Why
> > misc?
>
> Because drivers/i2c is only for I2C controllers and this is not a
> controller. Other address translators also reside in their respective
> subsystem, e.g. media for GMSL (de-)serializers. I don't know this chip,
> maybe it has no "respective" subsystem and, thus, misc?
Ok, but that should be explained in the changelog please :)
thanks,
greg k-h