From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Krill Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for the nwp serial device Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:20:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20081120152054.GO24487@codiert.org> References: <200811201501.24000.arnd@arndb.de> <20081120141345.GA2410@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from cursor.subgra.de ([78.46.252.50]:38197 "EHLO cursor.subgra.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754843AbYKTPmq (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:46 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081120141345.GA2410@yoda.jdub.homelinux.org> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Josh Boyer Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Andrew Morton Hi Josh, >What does 'NWP' stand for, and how is it different from a regular serial >port? Also, what platforms can this device be found on currently? > >Some of that should be included in the changelog, but I'm curious as well >too. NWP stands for network processor and it is part of the QPACE - Quantum Chromodynamics Parallel Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine project [1]. The implementation is a lightweight uart implementation with the focus to consume as little resources as possible and it is connected to a DCR bus. Ben