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From: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/12] misc: add driver for sequencer serial port
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:03:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC1E00A.3010109@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101022152024.65e8f181@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

On 10/22/2010 10:20 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:01:02 -0400
> Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com> wrote:
> 
>> TI's sequencer serial port (TI-SSP) is a jack-of-all-trades type of serial port
>> device.  It has a built-in programmable execution engine that can be programmed
>> to operate as almost any serial bus (I2C, SPI, EasyScale, and others).
>>
>> This patch adds a driver for this controller device.  The driver does not
>> expose a user-land interface.  Protocol drivers built on top of this layer are
>> expected to remain in-kernel.
> 
> I suspect the driver belongs with the mfd drivers not with drivers/misc ?
> 
> otherwise it looks very nice.

Unlike MFDs, this device doesn't have cells with differing
functionality.  Instead it has functionally identical ports that can
operate in a variety of modes.  That said, does this still fit in with
other MFD drivers?  If so, I don't see a problem with moving it there.

Thanks
Cyril.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-22 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-21 21:01 [PATCH v3 00/12] tnetv107x ssp driver stack Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] regulator: add driver for tps6524x regulator Cyril Chemparathy
     [not found] ` <1287694873-12904-1-git-send-email-cyril-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 01/12] misc: add driver for sequencer serial port Cyril Chemparathy
     [not found]     ` <1287694873-12904-2-git-send-email-cyril-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-21 23:12       ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]         ` <20101021161224.b4c0b623.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 12:39           ` Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-22 12:48             ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]               ` <201010221448.17728.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 19:33                 ` Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-22 22:46                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-22 14:20       ` Alan Cox
2010-10-22 19:03         ` Cyril Chemparathy [this message]
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 02/12] davinci: add tnetv107x ssp platform device Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 03/12] davinci: add ssp config for tnetv107x evm board Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 04/12] spi: add ti-ssp spi master driver Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 05/12] davinci: add spi devices on tnetv107x evm Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 07/12] davinci: add tnetv107x evm regulators Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 08/12] gpio: add ti-ssp virtual gpio driver Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 09/12] davinci: add tnetv107x evm ti-ssp gpio device Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 10/12] backlight: add support for tps6116x controller Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:19     ` Joe Perches
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 11/12] davinci: add tnetv107x evm backlight device Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 21:01   ` [PATCH v3 12/12] davinci: add tnetv107x evm i2c eeprom device Cyril Chemparathy
2010-10-21 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 00/12] tnetv107x ssp driver stack Kevin Hilman
     [not found]   ` <87mxq7p4hv.fsf-1D3HCaltpLuhEniVeURVKkEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-21 22:59     ` Andrew Morton

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