Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757522AbZFAKQA (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:16:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752809AbZFAKPx (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:15:53 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:40081 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753317AbZFAKPw (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:15:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:15:41 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Baruch Siach Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Brownell , Andrew Morton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: driver for PrimeCell PL061 GPIO controller Message-ID: <20090601101541.GA14072@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1243846836-14395-1-git-send-email-baruch@tkos.co.il> <20090601093106.GC11880@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20090601100234.GA8025@jasper.tkos.co.il> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090601100234.GA8025@jasper.tkos.co.il> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 971 Lines: 21 On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 01:02:35PM +0300, Baruch Siach wrote: > Hi Russell, > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:31:06AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 12:00:36PM +0300, Baruch Siach wrote: > > > This is a driver for the ARM PrimeCell PL061 GPIO AMBA peripheral. The driver > > > is implemented using the gpiolib framework. > > > > Why is this a platform driver rather than an AMBA primecell driver? > > I'm willing to make this driver an AMBA driver. I'd just like to know what > is the advantage of the AMBA bus (linux/amba/bus.h) over the platform "bus", > from software point of view? The amba bus is the established bus for amba primecells. I repeat: please make it an amba bus driver. -- 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/