netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] iwmc3200top: Add Intel Wireless MultiCom 3200 top driver.

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Message-ID: <1ba2fa240909230529t13f202f5k9c8742025ca63aa8@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:29:59 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, linville@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhu@...el.com,
	inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com, cindy.h.kao@...el.com,
	guy.cohen@...el.com, ron.rindjunsky@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] iwmc3200top: Add Intel Wireless MultiCom 3200 top 
	driver.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 10:23 +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>
>> From HW perspective your assumption is not exactly correct. All the
>> devices are visible on the SDIO bus but they are not operational
>> (probe won't succeed) until TOP download the firmware and kicks the
>> devices. From SW perspective to create another bus layer is an option.
>> I'm not sure if it's not more complicated one.
>
> Ah, ok, so it is quite different. Not sure how sdio probing works, so I
> guess I can't say much here.

This is not about SDIO probing this is rather unusual HW design.
Anyhow all comments and ideas are welcome.

Thanks
Tomas
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