[PATCH v1] misc: fastrpc: Move fastrpc driver to misc/fastrpc/
Bjorn Andersson
andersson at kernel.org
Fri Jun 21 06:19:46 UTC 2024
On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 09:28:39PM GMT, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 12:17:28PM +0530, Ekansh Gupta wrote:
> > Move fastrpc.c from misc/ to misc/fastrpc/. New C files are planned
> > to be added for PD notifications and other missing features. Adding
> > and maintaining new files from within fastrpc directory would be easy.
> >
> > Example of feature that is being planned to be introduced in a new C
> > file:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240606165939.12950-6-quic_ekangupt@quicinc.com/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ekansh Gupta <quic_ekangupt at quicinc.com>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
> > drivers/misc/Kconfig | 13 +------------
> > drivers/misc/Makefile | 2 +-
> > drivers/misc/fastrpc/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/misc/fastrpc/Makefile | 2 ++
> > drivers/misc/{ => fastrpc}/fastrpc.c | 0
> > 6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fastrpc/Kconfig
> > create mode 100644 drivers/misc/fastrpc/Makefile
> > rename drivers/misc/{ => fastrpc}/fastrpc.c (100%)
>
> Please consider whether it makes sense to move to drivers/accel instead
> (and possibly writing a better Kconfig entry, specifying that the driver
> is to be used to offload execution to the DSP).
>
Wouldn't this come with the expectation of following the ABIs of
drivers/accel and thereby breaking userspace?
Regards,
Bjorn
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