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From: Ian Molton <ian@mnementh.co.uk>
To: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org,
	Chris Ball <cjb@laptop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] mmc: split the tmio driver into several modules
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:25:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=EBDnRtjqN3eckpt32p-tG8VkcsktLartOEgBp@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1103110831510.23675@axis700.grange>

Sounds like a good idea... Its possible that I could implement DMA on
the toshiba stuff too, can your code handle this?

(I havent had time to read this yet)

-- 
Ian Molton
Linux, Automotive, and other hacking:
http://www.mnementh.co.uk/



On 11 March 2011 07:51, Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> The tmio_mmc SD/SDIO driver is serving very different hardware
> configurations: on the one hand multi-function style chips from Toshiba,
> Compaq, on the other hand SDHI units in ARM- and SuperH-based sh-mobile
> SoCs. Apart from the different native APIs: MFD for the former and
> platform-device in the latter, sh-mobile implementations also have a
> number of features, exclusive to them, which, if implemented in the common
> driver, clutter it needlessly and make its maintenance more difficult.
> This patch series simplifies the situation by splitting the driver up into
> 3 modules: the core, consisting of the main part and, on sh-mobile, of the
> DMA part; the mfd glue; and the platform glue. This way also (imaginary)
> sh-mobile systems with additional tmio mfd chips on them can be supported.
>
> Thanks
> Guennadi
> ---
> Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
> Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
> http://www.open-technology.de/
>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-15 21:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-11  7:51 [PATCH 0/6] mmc: split the tmio driver into several modules Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-11  7:51 ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD glue Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-12 16:05   ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-12 22:48     ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-13  3:57       ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD glue Magnus Damm
2011-03-13 22:51         ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-15  9:01           ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD glue Magnus Damm
2011-03-16 11:09             ` Ian Molton
2011-03-16 12:37               ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-21 11:19                 ` [PATCH 1/6] mmc: tmio: split core functionality, DMA and MFD Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-11  7:52 ` [PATCH 2/6] sh: ecovec: use the CONFIG_MMC_TMIO symbols instead of Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-12 16:18   ` [PATCH 2/6] sh: ecovec: use the CONFIG_MMC_TMIO symbols instead Magnus Damm
2011-03-12 23:00     ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-11  7:52 ` [PATCH 3/6] mmc: tmio: convert the SDHI MMC driver from MFD to a Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-13  4:14   ` Magnus Damm
2011-03-14  8:01     ` [PATCH 3/6] mmc: tmio: convert the SDHI MMC driver from MFD to Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-15  9:09       ` [PATCH 3/6] mmc: tmio: convert the SDHI MMC driver from MFD to a Magnus Damm
2011-03-11  7:52 ` [PATCH 4/6] ARM: mach-shmobile: convert boards to use Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-11  7:52 ` [PATCH 5/6] sh: convert boards to use linux/mmc/sh_mobile_sdhi.h Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-11  7:52 ` [PATCH 6/6] mfd: remove now redundant sh_mobile_sdhi.h header Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-15 21:25 ` Ian Molton [this message]
2011-03-21 11:38   ` [PATCH 0/6] mmc: split the tmio driver into several modules Guennadi Liakhovetski
2011-03-22  5:31     ` Simon Horman
2011-03-22 12:28       ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-22 22:06         ` Simon Horman
2011-03-23 14:54           ` Paul Mundt
2011-03-23 22:42             ` Simon Horman

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