linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 2/7] anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus

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Message-ID: <34a70ef9-4bb2-98f6-2344-3a0482b5cb7f@metux.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:58:36 +0200
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, mark.rutland@....com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/7] anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus

On 16.04.19 20:43, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:

Hi,

> Correct on both points :)
> The author of this proprietary standard (HMS) calls this a bus, but only
> a single card can be connected to a slot. So it's not like pci or usb,
> where you can connect multiple devices to a host.

But this port supports probing ?
(so it's, bit like a single usb port w/o hub ;-))

>> Maybe that deserves a bit more documentation :p
>>
> 
> Sure, I can do that. What would be the best location for this?
> The commit message? The Kconfig blurb? Comments in host.c?
> Somewhere in Documentation/ ?

In the long run, Documentation/ IMHO would be the best place
(at least for longer explainations).

OTOH, a few more precise words in the commit message would be nice, too.

I guess that things like introducing new bus types or device classes
are something that subsystem maintainers wanna be aware of :)


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