From: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Alex Gershgorin <agersh@rambler.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/misc: Altera Cyclone active serial implementation
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:10:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101111051017.GA16995@jasper.tkos.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CDAD255.3050309@zytor.com>
Hi hpa,
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:11:49AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 11/03/2010 07:21 AM, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > From: Alex Gershgorin <agersh@rambler.ru>
> >
> > The active serial protocol can be used to program Altera Cyclone FPGA devices.
> > This driver uses the kernel gpio interface to implement the active serial
> > protocol.
>
> Calling it "Cyclone" is a bit misleading. This protocol is used by
> Stratix, Cyclone and Arria devices (at least), and it probably depends
> more on the generation than on the product line which exact version of
> the protocol it is.
>
> If anything it would probably be more accurate to call it a Statix
> protocol, or just an Altera one.
I see. I think I'll rename it to altera_as, for Altera active serial.
baruch
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-03 14:21 [PATCH] drivers/misc: Altera Cyclone active serial implementation Baruch Siach
[not found] ` <879a6320efee16c04f0732a6887b95c1b4c6d10f.1288793522.git.baruch@tkos.c o.il>
2010-11-03 17:13 ` Indan Zupancic
2010-11-04 6:46 ` Baruch Siach
2010-11-04 11:57 ` Indan Zupancic
2010-11-04 12:20 ` Baruch Siach
2010-11-04 13:09 ` Indan Zupancic
2010-11-04 13:37 ` Baruch Siach
2010-11-06 18:19 ` Greg KH
2010-11-08 6:57 ` Baruch Siach
2010-11-08 15:58 ` Greg KH
2010-11-09 7:22 ` Baruch Siach
2010-11-10 17:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-11-11 5:10 ` Baruch Siach [this message]
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