From: lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:14:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140312171452.GE22450@lee--X1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7613177.7hd4IoKUr4@wuerfel>
> > > > +This binding describes a SATA device.
> > > > +
> > > > +Required properties:
> > > > + - compatible : Must be "st,ahci"
> > >
> > > Is there not a more specific name? This is awfully generic.
> >
> > There isn't one. ST only have one AHCI driver. The driver is named as
> > generically.
>
> If it is this generic, can't you use the completely generic
> ahci-platform driver and add a "generic-ahci" compatible string
> to that?
It pretty much does. The only 'special' functionality we handle in
the driver are resets and configuring the OOB. However, both are
required.
--
Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
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To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:14:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140312171452.GE22450@lee--X1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7613177.7hd4IoKUr4@wuerfel>
> > > > +This binding describes a SATA device.
> > > > +
> > > > +Required properties:
> > > > + - compatible : Must be "st,ahci"
> > >
> > > Is there not a more specific name? This is awfully generic.
> >
> > There isn't one. ST only have one AHCI driver. The driver is named as
> > generically.
>
> If it is this generic, can't you use the completely generic
> ahci-platform driver and add a "generic-ahci" compatible string
> to that?
It pretty much does. The only 'special' functionality we handle in
the driver are resets and configuring the OOB. However, both are
required.
--
Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-12 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-25 11:41 [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: DT: STi: Add DT node for ST's SATA device Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ahci: st: Add support for ST's SATA IP Lee Jones
2014-02-25 11:41 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-25 14:41 ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-25 14:41 ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-26 13:51 ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-26 13:51 ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-26 13:55 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-26 13:55 ` Lee Jones
2014-02-26 14:47 ` [PATCH v3 " Lee Jones
2014-02-26 14:47 ` Lee Jones
2014-03-04 13:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2014-03-04 13:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2014-03-04 14:04 ` Tejun Heo
2014-03-04 14:04 ` Tejun Heo
2014-03-12 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation Mark Rutland
2014-03-12 11:42 ` Mark Rutland
2014-03-12 11:42 ` Mark Rutland
2014-03-12 12:48 ` Lee Jones
2014-03-12 12:48 ` Lee Jones
2014-03-12 16:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-03-12 16:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-03-12 16:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-03-12 17:14 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2014-03-12 17:14 ` Lee Jones
2014-03-12 18:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-03-12 18:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
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