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From: Vitaly Wool <vitalhome@rbcmail.ru>
To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: vitalhome@rbcmail.ru, basicmark@yahoo.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dpervushin@ru.mvista.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] SPI subsystem
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:50:54 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <433826EE.9020107@rbcmail.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050915001429.BC6E7EA55C@adsl-69-107-32-110.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net>

Hi David,

David Brownell wrote:

>Most platform drivers I've seen just handle the power on/off
>requests.  I think there's some historical reason that the
>"reason" stuff exists ... but I suspect not many folk would
>get unhappy if that were removed, and those calls got simplified.
>  
>
No, I can't agree with you. This state machine provides useful framework 
for drivers that work with DMA and/or drivers that set their own wakeup 
bits etc. etc. It allows the driver essence to enter the state where it 
doesn't accept any new requests but is able to successfully finish the 
current ones.

Best regards,
   Vitaly

      reply	other threads:[~2005-09-26 16:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-03 10:13 [RFC][PATCH] SPI subsystem Mark Underwood
2005-09-09 21:39 ` David Brownell
2005-09-10 11:17   ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-15  0:08     ` David Brownell
2005-09-15 19:24       ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-15 22:14         ` David Brownell
2005-09-15 23:27           ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-16  3:25             ` David Brownell
2005-09-16 17:55               ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-16 18:43                 ` David Brownell
2005-09-18 14:45               ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-30  1:02                 ` David Brownell
2005-10-02 12:36                   ` Mark Underwood
2005-10-03  4:47                     ` David Brownell
2005-10-03 10:57                       ` Mark Underwood
2005-10-03 11:07                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-10-03 15:14                           ` David Brownell
2005-10-03 15:23                             ` Russell King
2005-10-03 15:40                               ` David Brownell
2005-09-10 10:55 ` Vital
2005-09-10 11:54   ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-10 21:20     ` Vital
2005-09-11  8:35       ` Mark Underwood
2005-09-15  0:14     ` David Brownell
2005-09-26 16:50       ` Vitaly Wool [this message]

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