[PATCH PoC 0/3] ACPI/PNP/HISI_LPC: Refactor ACPI platform code for reuse

[John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>]

This series attempts to refactor the ACPI platform device creation code
such that it may reused in the HiSilicon LPC driver. The topic was
recently discussed at the following:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJZ5v0hkiOqhWyOcd2vjj-tcyHWB-cK=Dae-3sifhRfcbKWWGg@mail.gmail.com/

So first off I'll say that I am not advocating pursing the changes in this
series, but just wanted to share to show others how it would look.

Apart from requiring PNP driver changes, the API in
acpi_create_platform_device_ops() ain't pretty. And also the PNP change
means that the LPC uart changes from ttyS1 -> ttyS0, which would be a
nuisance for anyone still using a board which uses the LPC UART.

I have a separate change to show how the HiSilicon LPC driver would look
by using platform_device_register_full() instead, and it is a lot neater:
https://github.com/hisilicon/kernel-dev/commits/private-topic-lpc-6.0-platform-full

Anyway, the commit messages should describe anything else needed to be
known.

Please share any comments, thanks.

John Garry (3):
  ACPI / PNP: Don't add enumeration_by_parent devices
  ACPI: platform: Refactor acpi_create_platform_device()
  bus: hisi_lpc: Use acpi_create_platform_device_ops()

 drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c |  37 ++++++--
 drivers/bus/hisi_lpc.c       | 165 +++++++++++++++--------------------
 drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c   |  13 ++-
 include/linux/acpi.h         |  17 +++-
 4 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)

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