From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751139Ab0KKFKl (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:10:41 -0500 Received: from tango.tkos.co.il ([62.219.50.35]:39452 "EHLO tango.tkos.co.il" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750704Ab0KKFKk (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:10:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:10:18 +0200 From: Baruch Siach To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Alex Gershgorin Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/misc: Altera Cyclone active serial implementation Message-ID: <20101111051017.GA16995@jasper.tkos.co.il> References: <879a6320efee16c04f0732a6887b95c1b4c6d10f.1288793522.git.baruch@tkos.co.il> <4CDAD255.3050309@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CDAD255.3050309@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi hpa, On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:11:49AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/03/2010 07:21 AM, Baruch Siach wrote: > > From: Alex Gershgorin > > > > The active serial protocol can be used to program Altera Cyclone FPGA devices. > > This driver uses the kernel gpio interface to implement the active serial > > protocol. > > Calling it "Cyclone" is a bit misleading. This protocol is used by > Stratix, Cyclone and Arria devices (at least), and it probably depends > more on the generation than on the product line which exact version of > the protocol it is. > > If anything it would probably be more accurate to call it a Statix > protocol, or just an Altera one. I see. I think I'll rename it to altera_as, for Altera active serial. baruch -- ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -