[PATCH v2 5/7] mmc: sdhci: consolidate sdhci-of-esdhc and sdhci-esdhc-imx
Shawn Guo
shawn.guo at freescale.com
Wed May 25 19:36:02 EST 2011
Hi Uwe,
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 08:46:19AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello Shawn,
>
> > > > +#ifndef CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ESDHC_IMX
> > > > +#define cpu_is_mx25() (0)
> > > > +#define cpu_is_mx35() (0)
> > > > +#define cpu_is_mx51() (0)
> > > > +#define cpu_is_imx() (0)
> > > > +#else
> > > > +#define cpu_is_imx() (1)
> > > > +#endif
> > >
> > > ... e.g. that looks a bit frightening.
> > >
> > Agree.
> >
> > The use of cpu_is_mx..() in the driver itself seems a churn to me
> > even without this consolidation patch. Is it possible for us to
> > eliminate them by using pdata, and eventually device tree? When we
> > are there, I might want to revisit the consolidation again.
> An alternative that allows letting the logic in the driver and still
> getting rid of the cpu_is_ stuff is using platform ids. See
> drivers/spi/spi_imx.c for an example. Instead of an index into an array
> (as it's for the imx-spi driver) driver_data can hold flags, too, which
> should be enough most of the time.
>
Yeah, this is definitely a solution I can try later. But for now, I
would drop the esdhc consolidation patch.
--
Regards,
Shawn
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