[PATCH v3 6/7] mfd: Add support for LAN966x PCI device

[Herve Codina]

Hi Arnd,

On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:14:31 +0200
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024, at 15:11, Herve Codina wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:33:26 -0600 Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:  
> >> On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 1:08 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:  
> 
> >> > >
> >> > > This PCI driver purpose is to instanciate many other drivers using a DT
> >> > > overlay. I think MFD is the right subsystem.    
> >> 
> >> It is a Multi-function Device, but it doesn't appear to use any of the
> >> MFD subsystem. So maybe drivers/soc/? Another dumping ground, but it
> >> is a driver for an SoC exposed as a PCI device.
> >>   
> >
> > In drivers/soc, drivers/soc/microchip/ could be the right place.
> >
> > Conor, are you open to have the PCI LAN966x device driver in
> > drivers/soc/microchip/ ?  
> 
> That sounds like a much worse fit than drivers/mfd: the code
> here does not actually run on the lan966x soc, it instead runs
> on whatever other machine you happen to plug it into as a
> PCI device.

Maybe drivers/misc ?

Best regards,
Hervé