[PATCH 4/6] thermal: armada: Support Armada 375 SoC

Jason Cooper jason at lakedaemon.net
Wed Apr 16 09:40:16 PDT 2014


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 12:49:27PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> On Apr 16, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:15:18AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > > +	/* This is only needed on A375 Z1 SoC silicon revision */
> > > +	reg |= A375_Z1_WORKAROUND_BIT;
> > 
> > and this seem to be the only differences between the two init functions.
> > 
> > It also appears to be the only reason for having two data structs below.
> > Is it worth checking for the compatible string in the init function so
> > you only have one init and one data struct?
> > 
> 
> Yes, thought about it at one point but I guess it seemed to me cleaner
> this way.
> 
> I'll squash it if you think keeping two structs is stupid bloat.

Well, it's really up to the thermal maintainer.  Either way will work.
I personally think it's easier to grok using the compatible string.
Unfortunately, you're going to have the either check it twice, or set a
variable.

thx,

Jason.



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