On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:54:36 +0100 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > SYSCON driver was designed for using memory areas (registers) > > that are used in several subsystems. There are systems (CPUs) > > which use bits in one register for various purposes and thus > > should be handled by various kernel subsystems. This driver > > allows you to use the individual SYSCON bits as GPIOs. > > ARM CLPS711X SYSFLG1 input lines has been added as first user > > of this driver. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx> > > Oh the pain. I am so ambivalent of this patch as it obfuscates > some stuff about the hardware that the driver should know, > while at the same time being elegant in a way. > > What does the ARM SoC maintainers think about this approach? > > Arnd, Olof, Kevin: is this something you'd like to see deployed? > > Yours, > Linus Walleij Ping. -- Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@xxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
