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From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/28] Add support for QMC HDLC, framer infrastruture
 and PEF2256 framer
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> The generic framer has:
>  - 2 consumers (QMC HDLC drv and codec)
>  - 1 provider (PEF2256)
> 
> So, the design is the following:
>                         +------------------+           +---------+
>                         | QMC              | <- TDM -> | PEF2256 | <-> E1
>      +---------+        |  +-------------+ |           |         |
>      | CPU DAI | <-data--> | QMC channel | |           |         |
>      +---------+        |  +-------------+ |           |         |
> +--------------+        |  +-------------+ |           |         |
> | QMC HDLC drv | <-data--> | QMC channel | |           |         |
> +--------------+        |  +-------------+ |           |         |
>      ^                  +------------------+           |         |
>      |   +--------+     +-------------+                |         |
>      +-> | framer | <-> | PEF2256 drv | <- local bus ->|         |
>          |        |     |             |                +---------+
>      +-> |        |     |             |
>      |   +--------+     |  +-------+  |
>      +-------------------> | codec |  |
>                         |  +-------+  |
>                         +-------------+

Thanks for adding the framer framework. I did not look into all the
details, but the basic design looks good.

	 Andrew