Re: [PATCHv8 2/2] mailbox: Introduce framework for mailbox

From: Markus Mayer
Date: Fri Jul 11 2014 - 18:09:14 EST


On 11 July 2014 02:35, Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Introduce common framework for client/protocol drivers and
> controller drivers of Inter-Processor-Communication (IPC).
>
> Client driver developers should have a look at
> include/linux/mailbox_client.h to understand the part of
> the API exposed to client drivers.
> Similarly controller driver developers should have a look
> at include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt | 33 ++
> Documentation/mailbox.txt | 107 +++++
> MAINTAINERS | 8 +
> drivers/mailbox/Makefile | 4 +
> drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c | 490 +++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mailbox_client.h | 48 ++
> include/linux/mailbox_controller.h | 128 ++++++
> 7 files changed, 818 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
> create mode 100644 Documentation/mailbox.txt
> create mode 100644 drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/mailbox_client.h
> create mode 100644 include/linux/mailbox_controller.h

I don't think combining code and documentation like this is the right
approach. As per
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt:

"1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch."

I am not sure if binding document and regular documentation should be
separated out or if they can stay together (those more knowledgeable,
please comment!), but the code portion should definitely be a separate
patch from the documentation.

Regards,
-Markus
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