[PATCH 1/6] spi-imx: add CSPI and eCSPI support for i.MX51 MCU

[Lothar Waßmann]

Hi,

> > -	if (cpu_is_mx25() || cpu_is_mx31() || cpu_is_mx35()) {
> > +	/* i.MX51 has two eCSPI and one CSPI controllers, eCSPI controllers are
> > +	 * not compatible with existing SPI controllers on other i.MX platforms,
> > +	 * while CSPI controller is 100% compatible with the one on the i.MX35.
> > +	 * We set the platform device id to 2 for this CSPI at i.MX51 board init
> > +	 * level to distinguish it from two eCSPI controllers.
> > +	 */
> This comment is missing in Sascha's driver.  I like it.
> BTW, I'd like to make use of platform ids in this driver.  This would
> make this ugly "on imx51 id2 is a cspi" distinction unnecessary.
> 
> > +	if (cpu_is_mx25() || cpu_is_mx31() || cpu_is_mx35() ||
> > +	    (cpu_is_mx51() && (pdev->id == 2))) {
I'd prefer a flag in the platform_data that tells the driver to act as
an eCSPI driver. This way the information about eCSPI or not would be
where it belongs (in the arch specific code).


Lothar Waßmann
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