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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: oliver@schinagl.nl
Cc: grant.likely@linaro.org, ob.herring@calxeda.com,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, dev@linux-sunxi.org,
	maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com, ijc@hellion.org.uk,
	hdegoede@redhat.com, oliver+list@schinagl.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: sunxi: Add an ahci-platform compatible AHCI driver for the Allwinner SUNXi series of SoCs
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 07:37:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131204123708.GD3158@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1386159055-10264-3-git-send-email-oliver@schinagl.nl>

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 01:10:54PM +0100, oliver@schinagl.nl wrote:
> From: Oliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl>
> 
> This patch adds support for the sunxi series of SoC's by allwinner. It
> plugs into the ahci-platform framework.
> 
> Note: Currently it uses a somewhat hackish approach that probably needs
> a lot more work, but does the same as the IMX SoC's.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-sunxi.txt         |  24 ++
>  drivers/ata/Kconfig                                |   9 +
>  drivers/ata/Makefile                               |   1 +
>  drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c                        |  12 +
>  drivers/ata/ahci_sunxi.c                           | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++

I'm not really liking the way things are going.  Do we really need
separate drivers for each platform ahci implementation.  Are they
really that different?  Would it be impossible to make ahci_platform
generic enough so that we don't eventually end up with a gazillion
ahci_XXX drivers?

-- 
tejun

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-04 12:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-04 12:10 [PATCH 0/3] AHCI: sunxi: Add sunxi AHCI driver oliver
2013-12-04 12:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] RFC: AHCI: libahci is missing DMA oliver
2013-12-04 12:32   ` Tejun Heo
2013-12-04 12:36     ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 12:47   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-12-04 13:09     ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 12:10 ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: sunxi: Add an ahci-platform compatible AHCI driver for the Allwinner SUNXi series of SoCs oliver
2013-12-04 12:26   ` Mark Rutland
2013-12-04 12:49     ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 12:37   ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2013-12-04 12:56     ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 13:14       ` Tejun Heo
2013-12-04 13:16         ` Olliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 13:23           ` Tejun Heo
2013-12-06  9:01             ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-12-06  9:12               ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-06  9:18                 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-12-06 11:06                 ` Hans de Goede
2013-12-15 19:00                 ` Hans de Goede
2013-12-15 19:04                   ` Tejun Heo
2013-12-16  6:21                     ` Oliver Schinagl
2013-12-11 14:51             ` Olliver Schinagl
2013-12-12  6:40               ` Shawn Guo
2013-12-12  8:47                 ` Olliver Schinagl
2013-12-04 12:10 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: sunxi: dts: Add ahci support to a few A10 and A20 boards oliver
2013-12-06 18:33   ` Maxime Ripard
2013-12-07 11:47     ` Olliver Schinagl
2013-12-07 13:11       ` [linux-sunxi] " Michal Suchanek
2013-12-09 19:16       ` Maxime Ripard
2013-12-04 12:14 ` [PATCH 0/3] AHCI: sunxi: Add sunxi AHCI driver Olliver Schinagl

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