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Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:00:52 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, monstr@...str.eu, Alan Tull <atull@...era.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...era.com>, Philip Balister <philip@...ister.org>, Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>, Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@...gutronix.de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>, Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, Yves Vandervennet <rocket.yvanderv@...il.com>, Kyle Teske <kyle.teske@...com>, Josh Cartwright <joshc@....teric.us>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@...xeda.com>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>, David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/1] FPGA subsystem core On 10/02/2013 08:35 AM, Michal Simek wrote: > > Based on my discussion at ELC with Greg KH the new driver should > support firmware interface for loading bitstream. > As I have previously stated, I think this is a mistake simply because the firmware interface is a bad mapping on requirements for an FPGA, especially once you account for the vast number of ways an FPGA can get loaded and you take partial reconfiguration into account. I happen to be at a face to face meeting with Greg today, so I'll pick his brain a bit. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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