Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] New driver: Xillybus generic interface for FPGA(programmable logic)

From: Eli Billauer
Date: Fri Nov 30 2012 - 10:29:41 EST


I made changes in the code as a response to almost all your comments to my best understanding.

I also sent a separate mail responding to a couple of issues, which seems not have reached you.

But to put it short:

* The pci_ids: I wasn't sure if I should remove only my own product ID or all the vendor IDs, and this is clear now.

* As for the documentation, I don't quite understand what I should add. There's a rather extensive documentation for download at the site. The docs for the host side mostly instruct common UNIX programming techniques: The device files are just data pipes to FIFOs in the FPGA, behaving like one would expect.

* As for the special class issue: When Xillybus is used, the whole system's mission is usually around it (e.g. it's a computer doing data acquisition through the Xillybus pipes). So giving it a high profile makes sense, I believe. Besides, a dozen of device files are not rare. Needless to say, I'm not going to insist on this.

Other than that, it's all changes in the code. It's a major change there.

Sorry for this miscommunication.

Eli



On 11/30/2012 05:09 PM, Greg KH wrote:
You didn't answer my previous comments about the kernel/user interface
here, why not?

And you ignored my other review comments, which is a sure way for me to
want to reject this and not look at any future submissions from you for
at least a month...



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