Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:12:37 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform |
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 06:29:58AM +0000, vadimp@mellanox.com wrote: > From: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> > > Enable system support for the Mellanox Technologies platform, which > provides support for the next Mellanox basic systems: "msx6710", > "msx6720", "msb7700", "msn2700", "msx1410", "msn2410", "msb7800", > "msn2740", "msn2100" and also various number of derivative systems from > the above basic types.
What does "system support" mean?
Why can't this just be a "normal" PCI driver, as you are just accessing a PCI device and doing something with it, seems odd to claim it is a "platform" driver.
thanks,
greg k-h
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