From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3tzd5m284xzDqHm for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:42:52 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [78.192.101.3]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5985D360; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 07:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:43:12 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Cyril Bur Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, jassisinghbrar@gmail.com, arnd@arndb.de, joel@jms.id.au, mark.rutland@arm.com, robh+dt@kernel.org, openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org, andrew@aj.id.au, benh@kernel.crashing.org, xow@google.com, jk@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc: Add ASpeed LPC control driver Message-ID: <20170112074312.GA23943@kroah.com> References: <20170112002910.3650-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 07:42:52 -0000 On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:29:09AM +1100, Cyril Bur wrote: > This driver exposes a reserved chunk of BMC ram to userspace as well as > an ioctl interface to control the BMC<->HOST mapping of the LPC bus. > This allows for a communication channel between the BMC and the host Why not make this a UIO driver? Why does it have to be a character device? thanks, greg k-h From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc: Add ASpeed LPC control driver Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:43:12 +0100 Message-ID: <20170112074312.GA23943@kroah.com> References: <20170112002910.3650-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170112002910.3650-4-cyrilbur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Cyril Bur Cc: devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jassisinghbrar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, joel-U3u1mxZcP9KHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, openbmc-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, andrew-zrmu5oMJ5Fs@public.gmane.org, benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, xow-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, jk-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:29:09AM +1100, Cyril Bur wrote: > This driver exposes a reserved chunk of BMC ram to userspace as well as > an ioctl interface to control the BMC<->HOST mapping of the LPC bus. > This allows for a communication channel between the BMC and the host Why not make this a UIO driver? Why does it have to be a character device? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html