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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Congatec CGEB base, i2c and watchdog driver support
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:57:02PM +0100, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> 2013/2/12 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>:
> > I'd like to come back to this topic. I have sent patches last year
> > already, changes to the last time I posted this is mainly that
> > I moved the CGEB base support from drivers/mfd/ to arch/x86/platform/
> > like suggested by Samuel Ortiz back then.
> >
> > The following series adds support for the Congatec CGEB interface
> > found on some Congatec x86 boards. The CGEB interface is a BIOS
> > interface which provides access to onboard peripherals like I2C
> > busses and watchdogs. It works by mapping BIOS code and searching
> > for magic values which specify the entry points to the CGEB call.
> > The CGEB call is an API provided by the BIOS which provides access
> > to the functions in an ioctl like fashion.
> >
> > For more information about the CGEB API have a look at:
> >
> > http://www.congatec.com/single_news+M5d58c9cd155.html
> >
> > This document only describes the C API, unfortunately not the
> > underlying BIOS interface.
> >
> > Also added are two users of this interface, a i2c master driver
> > and a watchdog driver.
> >
> > Comments very appreciated.
>
> Hi Sascha,
>
> against what version is this patch set? Would like to try it out but it fails
> to apply to 3.8-rc7.

I made it against 3.8-rc6, but I just checked the patches apply to
3.8-rc7 aswell

Sascha

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