From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: vadimp@mellanox.com
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
davem@davemloft.net, geert@linux-m68k.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, kvalo@codeaurora.org,
mchehab@kernel.org, linux@roeck-us.net, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us
Subject: Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:12:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160912061237.GB11230@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1473661798-112691-1-git-send-email-vadimp@mellanox.com>
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 06:29:58AM +0000, vadimp@mellanox.com wrote:
> From: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com>
>
> Enable system support for the Mellanox Technologies platform, which
> provides support for the next Mellanox basic systems: "msx6710",
> "msx6720", "msb7700", "msn2700", "msx1410", "msn2410", "msb7800",
> "msn2740", "msn2100" and also various number of derivative systems from
> the above basic types.
What does "system support" mean?
Why can't this just be a "normal" PCI driver, as you are just accessing
a PCI device and doing something with it, seems odd to claim it is a
"platform" driver.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-12 6:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-12 6:29 vadimp
2016-09-12 4:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-09-12 4:52 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 5:34 ` Guenter Roeck
2016-09-12 6:11 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 6:12 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-09-12 6:44 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 7:04 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 7:23 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 7:40 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 7:48 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 8:17 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 8:21 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 8:34 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 8:44 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 9:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-09-12 10:21 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 10:55 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-09-12 11:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-09-13 7:27 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-13 8:12 ` Greg KH
2016-09-13 8:18 ` Vadim Pasternak
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