Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:24:29 +0200 | From | "Cousson, Benoit" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Add TI EMIF SDRAM controller driver |
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On 4/12/2012 9:15 PM, Paul Walmsley wrote: > Hi Benoît, > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2012, Cousson, Benoit wrote: > >> The LPDDR2 spec does consider as well NVM (Non Volatile Memory), so I think we >> should stick to driver/memory for EMIF. > > Hmm good point! > >>> So perhaps something like drivers/memory/dram/ for the SDRAM controllers, >>> and maybe drivers/memory/ for the GPMC? >> >> In fact Felipe was considering something else for that kind of general purpose >> bus driver like GMPC, C2C and LLI... >> >> ... But I do not remember the name :-) > > It would be nice if we could separate IP blocks that can drive an Ethernet > controller or modem chip from the DRAM controllers; they are quite > different beasts from a common API standpoint.
Yep, fully agree. In fact Felipe's suggestion was something like drivers/ocd for off-chip devices, but maybe something like drivers/gpbus will highlight a little bit more the bus controller aspect of such driver.
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