lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2011]   [Aug]   [1]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/8] VME Driver Fixes
On 01/08/11 11:20, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> A little background: I work at CERN in the device drivers section and
> we have a lot of VME crates we use in the accelerator controls. We have
> been using an in-house driver for some time now and want to slowly port
> our existing device drivers over to the kernel driver.
>
> This set of patches adds multiple changes to the VME driver that fix
> various issues, mostly dealing with the device driver model.

Please can you update the vme_api.txt document as well to fully reflect the
proposed changes.

Martyn

> Some of
> these are based on the changes made by Emilio G. Cota in a previous
> LKML thread at:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/25/480
>



> Thanks and best regards,
> Manohar Vanga
>
> Emilio G. Cota (1):
> staging: vme: allow explicit assignment of bus numbers
>
> Manohar Vanga (7):
> staging: vme_user: change kmalloc+memset to kzalloc
> staging: vme: make [alloc|free]_consistent bridge specific
> staging: vme: keep track of registered buses
> staging: vme: add functions for bridge module refcounting
> staging: vme: rename *_slot_get to *_get_slot
> staging: vme: add struct vme_dev for VME devices
> staging: vme: make match() driver specific to improve non-VME64x
> support
>
> drivers/staging/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c | 54 ++++-
> drivers/staging/vme/bridges/vme_tsi148.c | 53 ++++-
> drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c | 63 ++++-
> drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.h | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/vme/vme.c | 414 ++++++++++++++++------------
> drivers/staging/vme/vme.h | 56 +++-
> drivers/staging/vme/vme_api.txt | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/vme/vme_bridge.h | 19 +-
> 8 files changed, 435 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)
>


--
Martyn Welch (Principal Software Engineer) | Registered in England and
GE Intelligent Platforms | Wales (3828642) at 100
T +44(0)127322748 | Barbirolli Square, Manchester,
E martyn.welch@ge.com | M2 3AB VAT:GB 927559189


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2011-08-01 16:33    [W:0.151 / U:0.176 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site