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From: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
To: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
	Benoit Cousson <b-cousson@ti.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Hari Kanigeri <h-kanigeri2@ti.com>, Suman Anna <s-anna@ti.com>,
	Simon Que <sque@ti.com>, "Krishnamoorthy\,
	Balaji T" <balajitk@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:18:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrpcsp73.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinHOOPfke2dJrQ1=+vzsa=0BSQjkX5ai7mwpcF8@mail.gmail.com> (Ohad Ben-Cohen's message of "Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:00:22 +0200")

Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Kevin Hilman
> <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> wrote:
>> Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> writes:
>>
>>> From: Simon Que <sque@ti.com>
>>>
>>> Add driver for OMAP's Hardware Spinlock module.
>>>
>>> The OMAP Hardware Spinlock module, initially introduced in OMAP4,
>>> provides hardware assistance for synchronization between the
>>> multiple processors in the device (Cortex-A9, Cortex-M3 and
>>> C64x+ DSP).
>>
> ...
>
>>> +config OMAP_HWSPINLOCK
>>> +     bool "OMAP Hardware Spinlock module"
>>
>> Should be tristate
>
> Agree,
>
>> so it can also be built as a module by default.
>>
>> e.g., when building multi-OMAP kernels, no reason or this to be
>> built-in.  It can then be loaded as a module on OMAP4 only.
>
> But considering the current built-in use cases (i2c) we would then
> need to have the relevant MACH_OMAP4_* select OMAP_HWSPINLOCK (only on
> the OMAP4 machines on which the I2C bus is shared).

Yes, that is ok.  At least then it can be tested by default as a module.

Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-20 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-18  7:44 [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-18  7:44 ` [PATCH 1/3] drivers: misc: add omap_hwspinlock driver Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 15:46   ` Greg KH
2010-10-19 20:18     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 16:58   ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-19 20:21     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 17:01   ` Grant Likely
2010-10-19 20:43     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 20:58       ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-19 21:57         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 17:16   ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-20 13:00     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 18:18       ` Kevin Hilman [this message]
2010-10-19 17:21   ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-19 20:51     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 21:08       ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-20 22:43         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-21  9:04           ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-21 10:13             ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-21 12:02               ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-10-22 17:00   ` Tony Lindgren
2010-10-18  7:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] OMAP4: hwmod data: Add hwspinlock Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-18  7:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] omap: add hwspinlock device Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 17:03   ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-19 17:05     ` Grant Likely
2010-10-19 21:02     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-19 23:12       ` Grant Likely
2010-10-20 14:09         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 15:51           ` Grant Likely
2010-10-19 23:53       ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-20  1:20         ` Ryan Mallon
2010-10-20 14:38         ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 15:55           ` Grant Likely
2010-10-20 18:37           ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-20 19:21             ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 23:58               ` Kevin Hilman
2010-10-21  6:11                 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-21  8:36               ` Kamoolkar, Mugdha
2010-10-21  9:06                 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-22  9:59                   ` Kamoolkar, Mugdha
2010-10-22 11:16                     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-21 12:26                 ` Kanigeri, Hari
2010-10-22 10:14                   ` Kamoolkar, Mugdha
2010-10-22 16:56               ` Tony Lindgren
2010-10-22 17:03                 ` Grant Likely
2010-10-22 17:28                   ` Tony Lindgren
2010-10-24 17:54                 ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-25 19:02                   ` Tony Lindgren
2010-10-26 11:54                     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-26 19:06                       ` Tony Lindgren
2010-10-18 12:46 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 13:35   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-18 13:43     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 14:28       ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-18 14:33         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 14:39           ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-18 15:27       ` Catalin Marinas
2010-10-18 15:32         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 15:35           ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-18 15:48             ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-18 15:51           ` Catalin Marinas
2010-10-18 15:58             ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-19 23:31 ` Daniel Walker
2010-10-20  6:13   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 10:00     ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2010-10-20 22:29       ` Bryan Huntsman
2010-10-20  9:53   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-10-20 22:15     ` Daniel Walker

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