genpd: Create a new subsystem directory to host genpd providers
authorUlf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:26:26 +0000 (15:26 +0200)
committerUlf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:29:38 +0000 (15:29 +0200)
commitc1e213e547e2055881a5d162be7cbcb92acdffbc
tree1b5efdf434f4cb5b6805922c569b6a31b58bd1a9
parent06c2afb862f9da8dc5efa4b6076a0e48c3fbaaa5
genpd: Create a new subsystem directory to host genpd providers

There are currently ~60 users of the genpd provider interface, which
implementations are sprinkled across various subsystems. To simplify with
maintenance let's create a new subsystem (drivers/genpd) and start moving
the providers in there.

My intention is also to host a git tree to collect and to get the patches
tested/integrated through the linux-next tree. Ideally this should release
some of the burden on the soc maintainers.

Note that, I will of course require acks/reviews from the current platform
maintainers, hence the MAINTAINERS file needs to be updated accordingly for
each genpd provider that is moved into the new genpd subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
MAINTAINERS
drivers/Makefile
drivers/genpd/Makefile [new file with mode: 0644]