[PATCH v4 08/12] gpio: add ti-ssp gpio driver

[David Brownell]

--- On Wed, 11/3/10, Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 3:18 AM
> 2010/11/3 David Brownell <david-b at pacbell.net>:
> 
> > That seems like
> > a better structure for various vendors' "SSP"
> > hardware (multifunction serial interface logic)
> 
> Incidentally the ARM PrimeCell PL022 is called SSP,
> "Synchronous Serial Port" and is not multifunction at all.

ISTR coming across that IP module; are you sure
that it only supports a single serial protocol,
instead of just a "small" variety" (multi)?
Unless the hardware only supports one protocol,
my point holds.

I wasn't implying that modules named SSP have
more in common than tending to support
more than a single serial protocol.  If they
only support one, they get names like"USART"
or sometimes CODEC.

- Dave