linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] capemgr: Beaglebone DT overlay based cape manager

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:35:30 -0800
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Jon Loeliger <jdl@....com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
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	Mitch Bradley <wmb@...mworks.com>,
	Alan Tull <atull@...era.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
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	Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
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	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] capemgr: Beaglebone DT overlay based cape manager

* Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com> [130107 12:29]:
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > Well how about split it to an eeprom driver, and Linux generic
> > device loader parts?
> > 
> 
> All that's left is the eeprom driver (accessor) and calls to the 
> generic DT overlay constructs. 
>
> If you caught on the previous patchset about DT overlays it should be
> clear.
> 
> So it is split along those lines already.

Hmm I was thinking something like this:

drivers/base/device-loader.c
drivers/misc/eeprom/beaglebone-cape.c

Then you may be able to just load the configuration for it
from a .dts file and maybe no hardware specific glue is even
needed.

Regards,

Tony
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