linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/02] mach-shmobile: Emma Mobile EV2

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUR4mk6ErCj8o2xt2k3vw9RYe5c7MvtQ3q0Xq2sfnV32A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2012 09:57:36 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, horms@...ge.net.au,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org, olof@...om.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/02] mach-shmobile: Emma Mobile EV2 - first shot

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 05 May 2012, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> Now, if you insist on us having a separate mach- directory for every platform
>> (SoC), we can do that I think, but then we should start with splitting up the
>> existing mach-shmobile into a number of SoC-specific directories rather than
>> adding new mach- directories for random new parts, because that goes against
>> our development history to date, which is important too IMHO.
>
> All the chips in there so far share a common ancestry and they all use a
> significant subset of the same drivers shared with arch/sh: i2c-sh_mobile,
> sh-dma-engine, sh_cmt, sh-sci, sh_tmu, intc, pfc and sh_clk. AFAICT, this one
> uses none of those and apparently was developed by NEC before the merger with
> Renesas.

Ah, I didn't know NEC joined Renesas, but Wikipedia proves you're right.

So, any similarities with the MIPS-based NEC EMMA SOCs, i.e. more code to
share?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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