[PATCH 3/5] hwmon: (nct6775) Split core and platform driver

[Zev Weiss]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 07:44:47AM PST, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 05:30:45AM -0800, Zev Weiss wrote:
>> This splits the nct6775 driver into an interface-independent core and
>> a separate platform driver that wraps inb/outb port I/O (or asuswmi
>> methods) around that core.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev at bewilderbeest.net>
>
>I think it would be much better to convert the entire driver to regmap
>and not just use regmap for i2c. This way all register read/write
>operations can be hidden behind regmap, and the read/write callbacks
>are unnecessary. The tmp401 driver gives an example how to do this -
>essentially implement reg_read and reg_write functions in struct
>regmap_config, then handle all register accesses through regmap.
>
>Couple of additional comments inline.
>

Alright, that sounds reasonable -- I'll work on an entirely regmap-based 
v2 (and address the other points as well).


Thanks,
Zev