linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Add UART support for the ST-Ericsson CG2900.

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Message-ID: <AANLkTim7brB0JecKXDNddt0am=Um457Kfbm6bRG_yzFM@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:42:49 +0100
From:	Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@...il.com>
To:	Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl <pghatwork@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Add UART support for the ST-Ericsson CG2900.

Hi Par,

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl
<pghatwork@...il.com> wrote:
> 2010/10/29 Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>:

> By the way, I will soon release a new patch set for CG2900 (hopefully
> next week), which contains major rework. It's hard to explain
> everything here and now but changes include:
>  - Reuse of existing HCI line discipline under /drivers/bluetooth/.
> Line discipline has been modified so it is selectable from protocol if
> line discipline should register to Bluetooth stack or not.

So is it true that if there's the other chip with similar
functionality I have to implement support for, I'll have to pretty
much duplicate your line discipline driver?

Isn't it better to have a new line discipline that the standard
drivers (H4, LL, ...) will be applicable to?

~Vitaly
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