From: thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons•com (Thomas Petazzoni)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/18] usb: host: xhci-plat: Add support for the Armada 38x
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:25:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140425222536.430d5c4d@skate> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5392399.GiPjM0CIZ0@wuerfel>
Dear Arnd Bergmann,
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:01:51 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I think you're doing it the wrong way around: You have a specialized
> version of the generic xhci-plat driver. The normal way to handle this
> is to have a loadable module that contains all the Armada specific
> code and that registers a platform_driver. In the probe() function of
> that driver, you can do the platform specific setup and then call
> the generic xhci_plat_probe() function, which of course has to
> be provided using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
You should have a look at the v1 Gregory sent: it was implementing
exactly what you suggest here, but Felipe explicitly requested the
patches to be changed like is now proposed in v2.
Thomas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-25 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-25 14:06 [PATCH v2 00/18] USB support for Armada 38x and Armada 375 Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] usb: host: xhci-plat: Sort the headers in alphabetic order Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:55 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] usb: host: xhci-plat: Add clocks support Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:15 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-04-25 14:44 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:48 ` Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:20 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-04-25 15:02 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-25 15:47 ` Andrew Lunn
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] usb: host: xhci-plat: Add support for the Armada 38x Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:18 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-04-25 15:04 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-25 20:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-04-25 20:10 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-25 20:25 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] xhci-platform: Add a new controller using xhci: " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 17:55 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] ARM: mvebu: Add Device Tree description of xHCI hosts on " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 15:53 ` Andrew Lunn
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] ARM: mvebu: Add Device Tree description of EHCI " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] ARM: mvebu: Add USB3 support for " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] ARM: configs: Add usb_xhci_mvebu to mvebu_v7_defconfig Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] ARM: configs: Add usb_xhci_mvebu to multi_v7_defconfig Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] usb: host: xhci-plat: Add support for the Armada 375 Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] xhci-platform: Add a new controller using xhci: " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] ARM: mvebu: Add Device Tree description of USB cluster controller on " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] dt: binding: Armada 375 USB cluster Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] ARM: mvebu: Add support for USB cluster on the Armada 375 SoC Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 15:43 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-04-25 15:59 ` Andrew Lunn
2014-04-25 16:07 ` Andrew Lunn
2014-04-25 16:13 ` Felipe Balbi
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] ARM: mvebu: Add USB3 support for Armada 375 Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] ARM: mvebu: add USB3 controller Device Tree details " Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] ARM: mvebu: dts: Enable USB3 in Armada 375 DB Gregory CLEMENT
2014-04-25 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] ARM: mvebu: Add Device Tree description of EHCI hosts on Armada 375 Gregory CLEMENT
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