There is a driver file cache-l2x0.c under arch/arm/mm for pl310 cache configuration and management. Russel king had suggested to use single driver file for both pl310 edac implementation and cache-l2x0.c Here is the thread http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg320407.html please provide your inputs Thanks, Punnaiah On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 08:18:28AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: >> I don't think so, the PL310 is present on lots of ARM chips besides >> Xilinx. I don't know how many support parity as that is optional. In >> fact the highbank_l2_edac.c is for the PL310 as well, but the >> registers it uses is all custom logic added for ECC and there is no >> part of the PL310 h/w used by the driver. > > Oh ok, so highbank_l2 and PL310 could theoretically be merged together > in one compilation unit, even if they don't really share code at all... > >> If there is lots duplication, then that's a sign the framework needs >> to handle more of the boilerplate pieces. There could be a "simple" >> driver/library for devices which are no more than some registers, an >> interrupt handler and static information about the type of EDAC >> device. > > Yeah, it's not that - I'm just getting worried that I'm receiving an > EDAC driver for each piece of silicon out there and would like to still > keep drivers/edac/ sane and be able to control that wild growth. > > I'm just thinking out loud here, bear with me pls: > > Frankly, having a single compilation unit contain similar silicon > functionality could be a good way to put a hold on the growth but the > disadvantage of this is fatter drivers. Which wouldn't matter all too > much but after a certain level of fat, they might need splitting. > > And the highbank version is nothing but the big probe routine and a > small irq handler. > > And the PL310 is similar but also with a poller. > > I guess, if they don't share functionality at all, putting them together > might not be worth it. Hohummm. > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. > -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
