Re: [PATCH v3] pcmcia: CompactFlash driver for PA Semi Electraboards

From: Olof Johansson
Date: Sat Jul 21 2007 - 16:05:34 EST


On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 04:48:23PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > Who's maintaining PCMCIA? MAINTAINERS only lists a mailing list, no person. Seems
> > weird for a component that's marked as maintained.
>
> Dominik Brodowski. He's having a bit of downtime at present (exams, I
> think). He expects to return. Meanwhile, cc'ing me usually has some
> effect.

Thanks!

> > +static const char driver_name[] = "electra-cf";
> >
> > ...
> >
> > +static struct of_device_id electra_cf_match[] =
> > +{
> > + {
> > + .compatible = "electra-cf",
> > + },
> > + {},
> > +};
>
> Could have reused driver_name[] here, if that was appropriate.

Driver name and device tree compatible field is not neccessarily the same,
even though they do coincide here.

> > --- mainline.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
> > +++ mainline/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
>
> I never know who maintains random-scruffy-ppc code like this. From a peek
> in the git-whatchanged output, it appears to be yourself.

Check the top of the file. :) (Kumar started doing that, I kept it up,
seems useful). And yes, we do tend to have per-platform maintainers
on ppc.

> Have a few little fixies:

Thanks!

Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>

> --- a/drivers/pcmcia/electra_cf.c~pcmcia-compactflash-driver-for-pa-semi-electra-boards-fix
> +++ a/drivers/pcmcia/electra_cf.c
[...]

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