[PATCH V7 02/17] SPEAr13xx: Add PCIe host controller base driver support.

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Apr 27 05:03:00 EDT 2011


On Wednesday 27 April 2011, Pratyush Anand wrote:
> > I would suggest in general to make the code as generic as easily possible
> > and put it into an appropriate location for sharing, but not spending
> 
> Our next SOC has new revision of Synopsys PCIe Controller, which has more
> generic application interface registers. I am planning to divide code for
> this new SOC, so that it would be easily usable if someone has same controller.
> What could be the best location for shared code?
 
Traditionally, that would be arch/arm/common.

Since we are now in the process of increasingly moving drivers into the
drivers/*/ directory, we could also discuss starting a new
drivers/pci/hosts/ directory and moving some of the existing host
controllers from arch/arm over there.

	Arnd



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