From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>, Tuan Phan <tphan@apm.com>,
Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:54:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201311152054.10859.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPw-ZTnyknFs2S5uZOH7RyAqcQrk7z=Ms0QfRGd-kQfYsw4+wQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday 15 November 2013, Loc Ho wrote:
> It may be possible from ACPI point of view (hasn't tried yet). But for
> DTS, there is no such firmware.
Why not? Doesn't any boot loader have to initialize the hardware in order
to load a kernel from disk?
> I will make the entry more friendly
> for DTS. For ACPI, I am thinking that the BIOS/Firmware will just
> initialize it. As long as the clock isn't reset, the value will be
> there. Let's agree on these:
>
> 1. DTS - use more friendly name
> 2. ACPI - handled by the BIOS/Firmware
Make sense.
Arnd
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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:54:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201311152054.10859.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPw-ZTnyknFs2S5uZOH7RyAqcQrk7z=Ms0QfRGd-kQfYsw4+wQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday 15 November 2013, Loc Ho wrote:
> It may be possible from ACPI point of view (hasn't tried yet). But for
> DTS, there is no such firmware.
Why not? Doesn't any boot loader have to initialize the hardware in order
to load a kernel from disk?
> I will make the entry more friendly
> for DTS. For ACPI, I am thinking that the BIOS/Firmware will just
> initialize it. As long as the clock isn't reset, the value will be
> there. Let's agree on these:
>
> 1. DTS - use more friendly name
> 2. ACPI - handled by the BIOS/Firmware
Make sense.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-15 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-14 19:31 [PATCH 0/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY support Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] arm64: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY DTS entries Loc Ho
2013-11-14 19:31 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 12:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 16:14 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 16:14 ` Loc Ho
[not found] ` <1384457519-21335-2-git-send-email-lho-qTEPVZfXA3Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-15 12:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY driver binding documentation Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 16:22 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 16:22 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 19:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 19:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 19:33 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 19:33 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 19:54 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-11-15 19:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 20:00 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 20:00 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 20:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 20:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 20:52 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 20:52 ` Loc Ho
2013-11-15 12:31 ` [PATCH 0/3] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC 6.0Gbps SATA PHY support Arnd Bergmann
2013-11-15 12:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
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