Re: [RESEND] Congatec CGEB base, i2c and watchdog driver support

From: Christian Gmeiner
Date: Mon Feb 06 2012 - 05:59:09 EST


Hi Sascha,

2012/2/1 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> This is a resend of the series I posted in january, only difference
> is that this time I have included the i2c and watchdog lists. To
> minimize dependencies I suggest pushing this via the mfd tree, given
> I get acks on the I2C and watchdog part.
>
> The following series adds support for the Congatec CGEB interface
> found on some Congatec x86 boards. The CGEB interface is a BIOS
> interface which provides access to onboard peripherals like I2C
> busses and watchdogs. It works by mapping BIOS code and searching
> for magic values which specify the entry points to the CGEB call.
> The CGEB call is an API provided by the BIOS which provides access
> to the functions in an ioctl like fashion.
>
> For more information about the CGEB API have a look at:
>
> http://www.congatec.com/single_news+M5d58c9cd155.html
>
> This document only describes the C API, unfortunately not the
> underlying BIOS interface.
>
> Comments very appreciated.
>

I am looking forward to see your work in mainline soon. I have here
some boards from
Congatec and I will review and test your patches during this week.


Greets
--
Christian Gmeiner, MSc
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