From: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
To: "Stephen Neuendorffer" <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [XILINX][HWICAP] Xilinx Internal Configuration Access Port device driver.
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 17:05:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa686aa40712041605g642f1f73p59bb945ecacf6324@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071204235725.61AD6A08071@mail81-dub.bigfish.com>
On 12/4/07, Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com> wrote:
> Supports static platform_device and static device tree configuration.
> This is a standalone driver that does not depend on EDK generated
> files. However, it is also somewhat different in functionality from
> the standard EDK driver.
>
> 1) The EDK driver doesn't support readback, which this driver does.
> 2) The EDK driver supports fine granularity reading and writing, which
> this driver does not. The fine granularity support is heavily
> architecture independent, which makes it difficult to make the driver
> forward compatible. The fine granularity support is also complex and
> probably better handled in user space anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com>
> ---
>
> Grant,
>
> No comments last time... It would be nice if this merged with 2.6.25, I think.
Sorry Steve, I must have missed it. I'll review and comment.
Cheers,
g.
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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-05 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-04 23:57 [PATCH] [XILINX][HWICAP] Xilinx Internal Configuration Access Port device driver Stephen Neuendorffer
2007-12-05 0:05 ` Grant Likely [this message]
2007-12-05 12:20 ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-01-31 18:41 ` Stephen Neuendorffer
2008-01-31 18:47 ` [PATCH] [POWERPC] Xilinx: hwicap driver Stephen Neuendorffer
2008-01-31 19:58 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-31 22:39 ` Stephen Neuendorffer
2008-01-31 23:12 ` Grant Likely
2008-01-31 23:51 ` Stephen Neuendorffer
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