From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Grzeschik Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] spi: psdev: add passive serial driver Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:11:04 +0100 Message-ID: <20140314181104.GA32765@pengutronix.de> References: <1394639617-26917-1-git-send-email-m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de> <1394639617-26917-4-git-send-email-m.grzeschik@pengutronix.de> <20140312163427.GV28112@sirena.org.uk> <20140314101907.GF4234@pengutronix.de> <20140314102223.GR366@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Mark Brown , Michael Grzeschik , Sascha Hauer , "linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" , "linux-spi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" To: Linus Walleij Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-spi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 02:59:47PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:19:07AM +0100, Michael Grzeschik wrote: > > > >> It is actually not more than that. I took the spidev character device > >> driver as reference implementation. Any Idea where to put this driver > >> instead. > > > > Like I say somewhere where it sits with other FPGA programming stuff (if > > that's what it does) would be my first thought. > > I'd suggest you try to use drivers/firmware. > > That subsystem is a bit x86-centrix at the moment but looking at the > stuff that is in there (like supporting BIOS updates through sysfs and > other low-level firmware communication) this stuff is close enough. Indeed, the directory could need some refurbishing. It is also not even sourced by drivers/Kconfig but instead by the architectures that depend on it. Beside that, it seems to be the place to be. Thanks, Michael -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html