From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CAADDFDB for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:05:48 +1100 (EST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c37so928630anc for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:05:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 17:05:23 -0700 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Stephen Neuendorffer" Subject: Re: [PATCH] [XILINX][HWICAP] Xilinx Internal Configuration Access Port device driver. In-Reply-To: <20071204235725.61AD6A08071@mail81-dub.bigfish.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20071204235725.61AD6A08071@mail81-dub.bigfish.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 12/4/07, Stephen Neuendorffer 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 > --- > > 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. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. grant.likely@secretlab.ca (403) 399-0195