From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757160Ab0JVOWB (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:22:01 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:32941 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754278Ab0JVOWA (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:22:00 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:20:24 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Cyril Chemparathy Cc: davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com, spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net, broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com, lrg@slimlogic.co.uk, dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net, grant.likely@secretlab.ca, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rpurdie@rpsys.net Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/12] misc: add driver for sequencer serial port Message-ID: <20101022152024.65e8f181@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <1287694873-12904-2-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> References: <1287694873-12904-1-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> <1287694873-12904-2-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:01:02 -0400 Cyril Chemparathy wrote: > TI's sequencer serial port (TI-SSP) is a jack-of-all-trades type of serial port > device. It has a built-in programmable execution engine that can be programmed > to operate as almost any serial bus (I2C, SPI, EasyScale, and others). > > This patch adds a driver for this controller device. The driver does not > expose a user-land interface. Protocol drivers built on top of this layer are > expected to remain in-kernel. I suspect the driver belongs with the mfd drivers not with drivers/misc ? otherwise it looks very nice.