sb_edac: i2c_imc staging submission prep
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| # | Subject and files | Size | Replies | Applied |
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| 1/2 | Move Intel SNB device ids from sb_edac to pci_ids.hdrivers/ include/ | +15 | 3 replies | |
| 2/2 | sb_edac: Claim a different PCI devicedrivers/ | +1 | 4 replies |
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| Patch | Bjorn Helgaas | Aristeu Rozanski |
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| 1/2 | A-b | A-b |
| 2/2 | A-b |
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Cover letter [PATCH 0/2] sb_edac: i2c_imc staging submission prep
I'd like to submit my i2c_imc driver to -staging, but the sb_edac driver is currently squatting on my pci id :) sb_edac is a strange
beast: it uses registers from several PCI devcies, but the one that it registers with the driver core is the SMBUS controller.
This trivial series moves sb_edac's PCI ids to pci_ids.h (they're not exclusive to the EDAC hardware) and changes the PCI ID that is used to detect the EDAC hardware.
I think that i2c_imc is a good staging candidate: the driver is IMO quite clean, the hardware is very common, and I know of some users (unrelated to me!) that use it for development, but it's not yet acceptable as a real driver. In particular, it needs confirmation from Intel as to whether it handshakes correctly with BIOS. In the mean time, it's perfectly safe to use *if you know that your system isn't doing something special with its DIMM SMBUS registers*.
I have reason to believe that I may be able to get a information or a review from the right people at Intel in a couple of months, and I suspect that some people in the NV-DIMM community would be interested in this stuff.
I realize that the timing is a bit awkward here. These patches have been floating around for almost a year. I'd be okay with them going in for 3.17 or 3.18. If I understand correctly, the deadline for staging drivers is much later than the merge window, but I don't want to submit the i2c_imc driver itself to staging until these prep patches are in.
Andy Lutomirski (2):
Move Intel SNB device ids from sb_edac to pci_ids.h
sb_edac: Claim a different PCI device
drivers/edac/sb_edac.c | 32 +------------------------------- include/linux/pci_ids.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
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