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From: ian <spyro@f2s.com>
To: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>
Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	ARM Linux Mailing List  <linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Victor <linux@maxim.org.za>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] at91_mci: Enable MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ only when it actually works
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:55:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1216547739.3200.5.camel@wirenth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080719010143.142d59a0@mjolnir.drzeus.cx>

On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 01:01 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > In your opinion, a printed warning that says to be sure to use only 
> > 4-bit mode SDIO cards on slot B... is not acceptable ?
> 
> It's not really up to the user. The SDIO spec does not mandate 4-bit
> support, so some cards will not have it.

That seems overly rigid.

its not linux violating the spec, its the SDIO controller in this case.

I see no harm in supporting what the hardware is actually capable of.

It wouldnt be the first bit of broken hardware supported by linux.


  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-20  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-17  9:34 [PATCH 1/3] at91_mci: Enable MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ only when it actually works Nicolas Ferre
2008-07-17 10:55 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-07-18 13:30   ` Nicolas Ferre
2008-07-18 23:01     ` Pierre Ossman
2008-07-20  9:55       ` ian [this message]
2008-07-20 11:13         ` Pierre Ossman
2008-07-20 23:28           ` ian

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