Re: [PATCH] gpio: reorganize drivers

From: Roland Dreier
Date: Wed Jun 08 2011 - 12:57:06 EST


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Specifically, module names don't give any clues about which directory
> they were loaded out of, so it is useful to have the module name
> reflect exactly what the module is for.  Second, a lot of these
> gpio/spi/i2c cores end up being stuffed into an integrated chipset
> where they all pretty much share the same name, but the drivers are
> for different functional blocks.  ie. gpio-omap.o, spi-omap.o,
> i2c-omap.o

OK, makes sense.

- R.
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