Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:15:58 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] drivers:staging:pruss: add pruss staging mfd driver. |
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 02:01:12PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:15:39PM +0530, Subhasish Ghosh wrote: > > This patch adds the pruss MFD driver and associated include files. > > For details regarding the PRUSS please refer the folowing link: > > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Programmable_Realtime_Unit_Subsystem > > > > The rational behind the MFD driver being the fact that multiple devices can > > be implemented on the cores independently. This is determined by the nature > > of the program which is loaded into the PRU's instruction memory. > > A device may be de-initialized and another loaded or two different devices > > can be run simultaneously on the two cores. > > It's also possible, as in our case, to implement a single device on both > > the PRU's resulting in improved load sharing. > > > > Signed-off-by: Subhasish Ghosh <subhasish@mistralsolutions.com> > > Please refresh my memory as to why this can't get merged into the > "normal" part of the kernel?
Dropped from my queue due to lack of response :(
Please resend when you get the chance, and address the above comment in your changelog entry (and in your TODO file as well.)
thanks,
greg k-h
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