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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH add support for system on chip (SoC) devices.
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:59:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050411175952.GB24070@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42569300.7070008@f2s.com>

On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 03:19:44PM +0100, Ian Molton wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> This patch add support for a new 'System on Chip' or SoC bus type.
> 
> This allows common drivers used in different SoC devices to be shared in 
> a clean and healthy manner, for example, the MMC function on toshiba 
> t7l66xb, tc6393xb, and Compaq IPAQ ASIC3.
> 
> This is in common use in the handhelds.org CVS tree.
> 
> The only real issue is that drivers using this currently tend to assume 
> that the SoC is attached to a platfrom_bus. This can be resolved as and 
> when it becomes an issue for people.
> 
> Please apply.

Sorry, but I agree with everyone else.  Why do you need this?  Why is
this different from a platform device?

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-04-11 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-08 14:19 PATCH add support for system on chip (SoC) devices Ian Molton
2005-04-08 14:55 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-04-08 15:21 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-08 19:03 ` Russell King
2005-04-11 17:59 ` Greg KH [this message]

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