linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3] drivers/misc: Altera active serial implementation

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Message-ID: <20101122055704.GA28660@jasper.tkos.co.il>
Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:57:05 +0200
From:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:	Thomas Chou <thomas@...ron.com.tw>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alex Gershgorin <agersh@...bler.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] drivers/misc: Altera active serial implementation

Hi Thomas,

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 02:18:36PM +0800, Thomas Chou wrote:
> On 11/15/2010 04:23 PM, Baruch Siach wrote:
> >From: Alex Gershgorin<agersh@...bler.ru>
> >
> >The active serial protocol can be used to program Altera serial configuration
> >devices. This driver uses the kernel gpio interface to implement the active
> >serial protocol.
> >
> >This patch also introduces the include/platform_drivers/ directory, which is
> >the new home for platform data headers. This is per Greg's suggestion.
> 
> Altera EPCS is normal SPI serial flash, which is exactly the same as
> STmicro part. Please consider existing drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> and drivers/spi/spi_gpio.c.

For the record, I tested your suggestion and it works perfectly. Thanks.

Thank you everyone for your helpful suggestion regarding the, now abandoned, 
Altera active serial implementation driver.

baruch

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