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Re: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox hotplug driver

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 01:14:27PM +0000, vadimp@mellanox.com wrote:
> From: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com>
> 
> Enable system support for the Mellanox Technologies hotplug platform
> driver, which provides support for the next Mellanox basic systems:
> "msx6710", "msx6720", "msb7700", "msn2700", "msx1410", "msn2410",
> "msb7800", "msn2740", "msn2100" and also various number of derivative
> systems from the above basic types.
> This driver handles hot-plug events for the power suppliers, power
> cables and fans for the above systems.
> 
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> driver/platform/x86:config MLX_CPLD_PLATFORM
>                        tristate "Mellanox platform hotplug driver support"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   7 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig                  |  10 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/Makefile                 |   1 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/mlxcpld-hotplug.c        | 543 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/platform_data/mlxcpld-hotplug.h |  90 +++++

Why do you need a platform_data .h file for a stand-alone driver?

thanks,

greg k-h

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[patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox hotplug driver vadimp@mellanox.com - 2016-09-22 13:20 +0200
  Re: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-09-22 14:40 +0200
    Re: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-09-22 15:50 +0200
      RE: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> - 2016-09-22 16:00 +0200
      Re: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-09-22 16:00 +0200
      RE: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> - 2016-09-22 16:10 +0200
    RE: [patch v1] drivers/platform/x86: introduce support for Mellanox  hotplug driver Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> - 2016-09-22 17:40 +0200

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