Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:15:41 +0100 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: driver for PrimeCell PL061 GPIO controller |
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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.
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