Re: [PATCH] serdev: Fix detection of UART devices on Apple machines.
From: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Date: 2020-02-23 08:22:05
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 07:47:23AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:33:35PM -0800, Ronald Tschalär wrote:quoted
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 12:15:19PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:quoted
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 11:47:23AM -0800, Ronald Tschalär wrote:quoted
+#include <linux/platform_data/x86/apple.h>Why is this needed? Just for the x86_apple_machine variable?That's fine, but what I am objecting to is platform-specific include files being added to random common kernel code. There's no real reason for this other than one specific hardware platform has a quirk. Are we supposed to keep this pattern up by doing tons of: #include <linux/platform_data/x86/vendor_X> #include <linux/platform_data/x86/vendor_Y> #include <linux/platform_data/x86/vendor_Z> all through the kernel? That's a serious regression to the "bad old days" of platform specific crud being required in each and every driver subsystem. Now I know it's not your fault this is needed for your one change, but can you work on a patch series to fix this all up so that it is not needed? I'm sure the x86 maintainers don't want to see this spread around.
Andy (+cc) submitted a patch for the change you're requesting in January: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200122112306.64598-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com/ (local) The x86 maintainers haven't picked it up yet. Ronald's patch fixes a regression. Please apply it at your earliest convenience. Thanks, Lukas