From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com>,
"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:00:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160912110053.GA5463@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160912102124.GA3809@kroah.com>
* Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:14:26AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >> This is LPC to I2C bridge.
> > >
> > > "LPC"?
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Pin_Count
> >
> > "Modern ISA"
>
> So my original point stands, 1990's technology being used for brand new
> devices today, ugh :(
>
> Someone needs to go kick some hardware designers...
In their defense, "this is a carbon copy of published 1990s technology" is a
pretty good starting point for a defendant, in patent litigation.
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-12 11:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-12 6:29 [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform vadimp
2016-09-12 4:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-09-12 4:52 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 5:34 ` Guenter Roeck
2016-09-12 6:11 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 6:12 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 6:44 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 7:04 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 7:23 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 7:40 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 7:48 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 8:17 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 8:21 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 8:34 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 8:44 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-12 9:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-09-12 10:21 ` Greg KH
2016-09-12 10:55 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-09-12 11:00 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-09-13 7:27 ` Vadim Pasternak
2016-09-13 8:12 ` Greg KH
2016-09-13 8:18 ` Vadim Pasternak
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