[PATCH V2 1/3] lib: add support for stmp-style devices

[Wolfram Sang]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 05:05:52PM +0800, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> Hi Wolfram,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 08:43:20AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > >  include/linux/stmp_device.h |   20 +++++++++++
> > > IMHO, this header should be placed at include/linux/fsl/.
> > 
> > Hmm, one never knows if somewhen in the future some other vendor decides to do
> > do a device with this register layout. It is just a layout, not an IP core per
> > se. So, I'd prefer to leave it as is.
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng at linaro.org>

Thanks!

> 
> I'm converting mxs-dma driver to be mach-independent which also needs
> this patch.
> 
> Do you know when this will be merged?

Nope. I assumed it could go in via arm-soc, since it makes sense and
Arnd used to comment this series. He is probably busy, currently.

> BTW, one small question:
> Is it possible that stmp_reset_block also be used by other vendors?

Sure, why not? I could ask a friend to to do an FPGA for me with this
layout.

> If not, i guess include/linux/fsl which already exists may be the
> right place.

Which is a bad choice in my book. linux/dma would have been the proper
thing for mxs-dma.h, I'd think.

Regards,

   Wolfram

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