RFC: cpm2_devices.c

Kumar Gala kumar.gala at freescale.com
Fri Jun 17 01:53:07 EST 2005


> So have we answered your question regarding the inclusion of DMA and
> CPM in the platform_device array? If I am reading this correctly, all
> the individual CPM "objects" should be defined in the device structure
> with their physical address location defined. The complete IMMAP
> structure can then be constructed from these objects if required.

Actually, I dont feel that anyone has given a reason why or how they 
would use CPM, DMA, SI1, SI2 if they were platform devices.

> Is it possible to add some flags to the IORESOURCE information to
> address the differences in SCC structures between processor types?
> Perhaps something like this could be used to apply the correct
> structure cast in the device driver. Just a thought...

I envisioned this being a field in the platform_data structures for the 
devices.

- kumar




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