linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] tty: add pruss SUART driver

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:45:06 +0530
From:	"Subhasish Ghosh" <subhasish@...tralsolutions.com>
To:	"Nori, Sekhar" <nsekhar@...com>, "Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	<davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"Watkins, Melissa" <m-watkins@...com>,
	<sachi@...tralsolutions.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"open list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] tty: add pruss SUART driver

 >> >>The driver should probably just get sram
>> >> space through platform data so that it doesn't depend on the
>> >> platform specific sram allocation function.
>>
>> Are you suggesting that I go back to that implementation.
>
> No, the platform code should use the SRAM allocator and
> pass on the allocated memory to the driver.

SG - So, should I call the sram_alloc() in the platform setup function. 
Something like this:

suart_probe() {
...
pdata.setup(&sram_aadr);
...use sram data;
}

suart_remove() {
...
pdata.free(&sram_aadr);
...
} 

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