Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752081AbaJ0Jbt (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:31:49 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:48146 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751632AbaJ0Jbr (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:31:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:26 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" Cc: Mark Rutland , Marek Belisko , "arnd@arndb.de" , "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "robh+dt@kernel.org" , Pawel Moll , "ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk" , "galak@codeaurora.org" , "grant.likely@linaro.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , NeilBrown , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: devicetree: Add bindings for Wi2Wi w2sg0004 gps Message-ID: <20141027093126.GC9807@amd> References: <1413491183-15018-1-git-send-email-marek@goldelico.com> <1413491183-15018-2-git-send-email-marek@goldelico.com> <20141017093714.GB4202@leverpostej> <20141017110043.GA5335@leverpostej> <27AD2801-6410-44E3-9E0C-911D73E6A457@goldelico.com> <20141020093536.GA25360@leverpostej> <7A9F8C73-6CBD-435A-934C-14A80FFE452F@goldelico.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > I think we just disagree about implementing a version that “works” in a quite specific > > setup (there are necessary assumptions about OMAP pinmux and omap-serial) with > > existing APIs versus a general one that might need a lot of changes outside the driver > > and introduce new APIs. > > After re-thinking what we have discussed so far (and considering other recommendations > I have received off-list) I currently see these options/questions: > > * who could modify the serial drivers and APIs so that this driver can become > a subnode (“bus client”) of an UART? How long does it take to > become available? I believe that is called "tty line discipline". > * would it be an option to simply rename the driver to “w2sg0004-power” > to make clear that it is not at all related to the UART data communication > channel but only controlling the power of the w2sg0004 chip? Sounds sane. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/