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.
next prev parent 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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