[PATCH] mfd: qcom-pm8xxx: Clean up PM8XXX namespace
Andy Gross
andy.gross at linaro.org
Wed Oct 26 08:10:20 PDT 2016
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 03:10:53PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The Kconfig and file naming for the PM8xxx driver is totally
> confusing:
>
> - Kconfig options MFD_PM8XXX and MFD_PM8921_CORE, some in-kernel
> users depending on or selecting either at random.
> - A driver file named pm8921-core.c even if it is indeed
> used by the whole PM8xxx family of chips.
> - An irqchip named pm8xxx since it was (I guess) realized that
> the driver was generic for all pm8xxx PMICs.
>
> As I may want to add support for PM8901 this is starting to get
> really messy. Fix this situation by:
>
> - Remove the MFD_PM8921_CORE symbol and rely solely on MFD_PM8XXX
> and convert all users, including LEDs Kconfig and ARM defconfigs
> for qcom and multi_v7 to use that single symbol.
> - Renaming the driver to qcom-pm8xxx.c to fit along the two
> other qcom* prefixed drivers.
> - Rename functions withing the driver from 8921 to 8xxx to
> indicate it is generic.
> - Just drop the =m config from the pxa_defconfig, I have no clue
> why it is even there, it is not a Qualcomm platform. (Possibly
> older Kconfig noise from saveconfig.)
>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson at linaro.org>
> Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com>
> Cc: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross at linaro.org>
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