From: Wolfgang Denk <wd-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <w.sang-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
Heiko Schocher <hs-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Vitaly Bordug <vbordug-hkdhdckH98+B+jHODAdFcQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-watchdog-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers, char: add U-Boot bootcount driver
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:56:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111206215609.5D1FF1A32820@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111206215056.GD14154-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
Dear Wolfram,
In message <20111206215056.GD14154-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org> you wrote:
>
> bootcount itself is not a device. It is a feature of certain devices. And that
> needs to be implemented; possibly generic enough that it can work for register
> based, i2c based, and so forth, accesses.
If "boot counter" is not a good name for such a device, then what name
would you suggest?
Or do you think a counter (which can be implemented in a number of
different ways, depending on hardware specifics) is not a device?
What would be such a device, then?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-06 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-04 9:45 [PATCH] drivers, char: add U-Boot bootcount driver Heiko Schocher
2011-12-04 10:34 ` Matthias Kaehlcke
2011-12-04 11:47 ` Wolfram Sang
2011-12-04 16:34 ` Wolfgang Denk
[not found] ` <20111204114741.GA5788-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-05 7:43 ` Thierry Reding
2011-12-05 14:39 ` Heiko Schocher
2011-12-06 21:50 ` Wolfram Sang
[not found] ` <20111206215056.GD14154-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-06 21:56 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2011-12-06 22:06 ` Wolfram Sang
2011-12-06 23:22 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <4EDEA3BF.6020507-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-30 12:35 ` Heiko Schocher
2011-12-04 16:42 ` Paul Bolle
2011-12-04 23:30 ` Ryan Mallon
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