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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 0/5] vchiq: Patch to separate platform and cdev code
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 09:50:48PM +0530, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This patchset adderesses the TODO item number 10 specified at:
>
> drivers/staging/vc04-services/interface/TODO
>
> For reference, the task is:
>
> 10) Reorganize file structure: Move char driver to it's own file and join
> both platform files
>
> The cdev is defined alongside with the platform code in vchiq_arm.c. It
> would be nice to completely decouple it from the actual core code. For
> instance to be able to use bcm2835-audio without having /dev/vchiq created.
> One could argue it's better for security reasons or general cleanliness. It
> could even be interesting to create two different kernel modules, something
> the likes of vchiq-core.ko and vchiq-dev.ko. This would also ease the
> upstreaming process.
>
> A summary of the patches is as follows:
>
> - Patch 1: Move cdev init code into a function
> - Patch 2: Shift some devlarations from vchiq_arm.c to vchiq_arm.h for
> sharing
> - Patch 3: Move vchiq cdev init code from vchiq_arm.c into vchiq_dev.c
> - Patch 4: Decouple cdev code by defining a Kconfig entry to allow
> optional compilation of it.
> - Patch 5: Merge code in vchiq_2835_arm.c to vchiq_arm.c
>
> Changes since v3 [2]:
>
> * In Patch 5, replace forward declarations of some of the functions with
> function definition

You dropped the reviews of others, so now I need to wait for them again
:(

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