Subject: [PATCH 0/4] OMAP-GPMC generic timing migration

From: [email-masked] (Afzal Mohammed)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:56:13 +0530

Hi Daniel,

On Wednesday 17 October 2012 08:43 PM, Daniel Mack wrote:
> On 17.10.2012 07:42, Afzal Mohammed wrote:

>> I doubt whether auxdata would help here, it seems using
>> compatible field alone would help in deciding relevant
>> custom timing routine. Whether we want this kind of
>> peripheral knowledge in gpmc driver instead of using
>> generic timing routine has to be decided though.

> Another thing that might be worth thinking about is that apart from the
> GPMC host controller and the peripherals, there could be other
> components like level shifters or series resistors on the board that
> limit the maximum speed of transactions. So in fact we might be better
> off storing all that timing details in the DT, as they are in fact
> highly application specific.

Yes, making it future proof for these kind of scenarios was one
of the reason's that initially triggered generic timing path.

Regards
Afzal