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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add basic support for the Congatec CGEB BIOS interface
    Hi Sascha,


    On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 07:07:52PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
    > Hi Samuel,
    >
    > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 05:39:27PM +0100, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
    > > Hi Sascha,
    > >
    > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 02:26:31PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
    > > > The Congatec CGEB is a BIOS interface found on some Congatec x86
    > > > modules. It provides access to on board peripherals like I2C busses
    > > > and watchdogs. This driver contains the basic support for accessing
    > > > the CGEB interface and registers the child devices.
    > > After looking at the code, I'm not entirely sure this one belongs to
    > > drivers/mfd/. Have you thought about putting it under arch/x86/platform/ ?
    > > There are similar examples there, like uv or olpc.
    >
    > I don't mind putting it in arch/x86/platform instead. I'm an ARM guy and
    > on ARM there currently is a rush to move everything looking remotely
    > like a driver out of arch/arm/ to drivers/, so putting it under
    > drivers/mfd/ seemed logical to me.
    Yes, this seems to be the trend apparently. Could you try pushing that into
    the x86/platform, please ? If they put you under fire, I guess I could take
    this patchset. But they have several "BIOS interfaces" there already...

    Cheers,
    Samuel.

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