linux-kernel - Re: How to structure an SPI UART driver?

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:33:11 +0400
From:	dmitry pervushin <dpervushin@...il.com>
To:	Zik Saleeba <zik@...zak.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to structure an SPI UART driver?

On Чтв, 2007-04-19 at 17:45 +1000, Zik Saleeba wrote:
> I'm looking for a little advice on writing a driver for the Phillips
> sc16is752 SPI UART chip. I've written drivers before but I'm having a
> problem with this one. Since this driver is both an SPI driver and a
> UART driver I'm unclear on whether it should register with
> spi_register_driver() or uart_register_driver(), or both, or do
> something completely different. I'm not clear on how to play nicely
> with both subsystems.
It should call both. Think about your driver as the middleware -- bottom
half is SPI driver (and uses spi_xxx calls to interact with hardware),
and upper half is UART (and uses uart_xxx calls to provide inerface). 
> Any hints?
...and welcome to spi-devel mailing list, spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Cheers,
> Zik
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