[PATCH] [XILINX][HWICAP] Xilinx Internal Configuration Access Port device driver.
Grant Likely
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Wed Dec 5 11:05:23 EST 2007
On 12/4/07, Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer at xilinx.com> wrote:
> Supports static platform_device and static device tree configuration.
> This is a standalone driver that does not depend on EDK generated
> files. However, it is also somewhat different in functionality from
> the standard EDK driver.
>
> 1) The EDK driver doesn't support readback, which this driver does.
> 2) The EDK driver supports fine granularity reading and writing, which
> this driver does not. The fine granularity support is heavily
> architecture independent, which makes it difficult to make the driver
> forward compatible. The fine granularity support is also complex and
> probably better handled in user space anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer at xilinx.com>
> ---
>
> Grant,
>
> No comments last time... It would be nice if this merged with 2.6.25, I think.
Sorry Steve, I must have missed it. I'll review and comment.
Cheers,
g.
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