linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/12] bus: stm32-fmc2-ebi: add STM32 FMC2 EBI controller driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:29:33 +0200
From:   Christophe Kerello <christophe.kerello@...com>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
CC:     <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, <richard@....at>, <vigneshr@...com>,
        <lee.jones@...aro.org>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <mark.rutland@....com>, <tony@...mide.com>, <marex@...x.de>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/12] bus: stm32-fmc2-ebi: add STM32 FMC2 EBI
 controller driver

On 4/16/20 9:53 PM, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:57:27 +0200
> Christophe Kerello <christophe.kerello@...com> wrote:
> 
>> The driver adds the support for the STMicroelectronics FMC2 EBI controller
>> found on STM32MP SOCs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Kerello <christophe.kerello@...com>
>> Tested-by: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>>   - call 2 APIs to manage FMC2 enable/disable instead of ops
>>   - call 2 APIs to manage FMC2 NWAIT shared signal instead of ops
>>
>>   drivers/bus/Kconfig          |   11 +
>>   drivers/bus/Makefile         |    1 +
>>   drivers/bus/stm32-fmc2-ebi.c | 1091 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Hm, I see that other memory bus controller drivers are placed under
> drivers/memory/, any reason for choosing drivers/bus/? If that's where
> we want to have all generic memory bus controllers to live it might be
> worth moving existing drivers to the drivers/bus/ directory at some
> point.
> 

Hi Boris,

I see this controller as an external bus interface as we are able to 
attach different devices on it, like a PSRAM, an ethernet controller, a 
FPGA, a LCD display, ...

When I had a look at bus/Kconfig file, I have found similar drivers 
(like IMX_WEIM or QCOM_EBI2 drivers). These drivers are able to connect 
devices like NAND Flash, SRAM, ethernet adapters, FPGAs and LCD displays 
as it is written in the Kconfig file.

But, after checking memory/Kconfig file, it is also possible to find 
similar drivers (like ATMEL_EBI driver that is inspired by the WEIM bus 
driver).

So, I will follow the recommendation and I will move it to 
drivers/memory folder if it is the place where this driver should be.

Regards,
Christophe Kerello.