From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:38:33 +0000 Subject: RFC: what do we do with system controllers? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20120228083833.GB18045@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 06:48:12AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > Mainly addressed to Greg but anyone is welcome to join the > discussion... > > Several ARM platforms have system controllers. In this I > include all custom terminology such as: > > - System Control > - Chip Controller > - Core Module control registers > - Power Reset Control Management Units > - Multimedia Communications Port Why do you include this? If you include this, you should include things like SSP/SPI ports, I2C and other such buses.