RFC: cpm2_devices.c
Allen Curtis
acurtis at onz.com
Fri Jun 17 02:39:03 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.
>
Think about the breaking up of the immap structure into little pieces
with offsets defined in platform_devices.... This is how I read the
previous conversation.
>> 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.
>
Then you envision a device specific structure for each platform_device,
even if the sole purpose is to convey version information? Ok...
- Allen
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