RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] bus: fsl-mc: add restool userspace support

[Ioana Ciornei]

> 
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 10:38:56AM -0500, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > +#include "fsl-mc-private.h"
> > +
> > +#define FSL_MC_BUS_MAX_MINORS	1
> 
> As you only need/want one character device here, why not just use the misc
> device api?  It's much simpler, and handles all of the housekeeping for you
> correctly.  It also means I don't have to audit all of your chardev code to verify it
> is correct :)

I have considered the misc device api but the fsl-mc bus, since it is a platform driver, is probing before the misc char driver.

Ioana


> 
> And it will save you lines-of-code, always a good thing.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h