[GIT PULL] Allwinner drivers changes for 4.2

[maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com (Maxime Ripard)]

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:15:20PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 11 May 2015 21:35:27 Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > Hi Arnd, Kevin, Olof,
> > 
> > Here is the first batch of drivers changes for the 4.2 merge window.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Maxime
> > 
> > The following changes since commit b787f68c36d49bb1d9236f403813641efa74a031:
> > 
> >   Linux 4.1-rc1 (2015-04-26 17:59:10 -0700)
> > 
> > are available in the git repository at:
> > 
> >   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mripard/linux.git tags/sunxi-drivers-for-4.2
> > 
> > for you to fetch changes up to 44bb362ff9f2e6f9ab285e66ce92f55aee71808a:
> > 
> >   drivers: soc: sunxi: Introduce SoC driver to map SRAMs (2015-05-05 20:47:08 +0200)
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Allwinner drivers patches for 4.2
> > 
> > This pull request contain a single driver to handle the SRAM mapping
> > between the CPU and devices.
> > 
> 
> Hi Maxime,
> 
> Sorry I hadn't looked at the new driver before, but I did now and need a little
> clarification. It seems to me that the device should be compatible with the
> generic DT binding we have in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/sram.txt,
> and use more generic code. At least I can't see much in here that is really sunxi
> specific.
>
> Were you not aware of that generic binding, or did you have a good reason
> not to use it?

I asked myself the same question, and I don't really think that this
would be wise, since that in order to be accessible by the CPU it has
to be mapped to it through this driver.

I felt like this alone justify a new compatible, even though we might
end up using the same driver.

> In the latter case, please document that in the patch description
> (after replying here).

Ok.

> One small bug I found in the DT binding: the main DT node is lacking
> a "ranges" property.

Which DT node are you talking about ?

Maxime

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