[PATCH v2 3/5] net: cpsw: Add control-module macid driver

Markus Pargmann mpa at pengutronix.de
Tue Mar 18 04:04:43 EDT 2014


Hi,

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:11:36AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> * Markus Pargmann <mpa at pengutronix.de> [140315 06:12]:
> > This driver extracts the hardware macid from the control module of
> > am335x processors. It exports a function cpsw_ctrl_macid_read for cpsw
> > to get the macid from within the processor.
> 
> Few things have improved recently :) This can be now implemented
> in a much cleaner way using regmap against the already defined syscon
> node.
> 
> For an example, see how the MMC PBIAS regulator is using regmap
> in Linux next:
> 
> 11469e0bb1 (regulator: add pbias regulator support)
> cd042fe5c1 (ARM: dts: add pbias dt node)
> 
> That avoids the problem of the tinkering with SoC specific registers
> that belong to another device.
> 
> So please update this series for regmap, let's not add more mapping
> of system control module registers to the drivers.

Thanks, I will have a look into this and update the series.

Regards,

Markus

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony
> 

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