From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk (Ben Dooks) Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 09:37:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/3] i2c-nomadik: turn the platform driver to an amba driver In-Reply-To: References: <349645b61d0b28f6e84f7ae1f2c8c28e12a11d92.1338398567.git.rubini@gnudd.com> Message-ID: <4FC72DDF.7080209@codethink.co.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 31/05/12 02:51, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > >> The i2c-nomadik gateware is really a PrimeCell APB device. By hosting >> the driver under the amba bus we can access it more easily, for >> example using the generic pci-amba driver. The patch also fixes the >> mach-ux500 users to register an AMBA device, not a platform device. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini >> Acked-by: Giancarlo Asnaghi >> Cc: Srinidhi Kasagar >> Cc: STEricsson_nomadik_linux at list.st.com >> Cc: Linus Walleij > > This will affect Lee Jones' device tree bindings for the same device. > > You will need some add-on patch to the db8500 device tree moving this > over to the AMBA (PrimeCell) bus abstraction. What does AMBA win us over the platform device here? -- Ben Dooks http://www.codethink.co.uk/ Senior Engineer Codethink - Providing Genius