RE: [[LINUX PATCH v10] 4/4] mtd: rawnand: pl353: Add basic driver for arm pl353 smc nand interface

From: Naga Sureshkumar Relli
Date: Fri Jun 29 2018 - 00:15:34 EST


Hi Linus,

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> Subject: Re: [[LINUX PATCH v10] 4/4] mtd: rawnand: pl353: Add basic driver for arm
> pl353 smc nand interface
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 2:13 PM Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasure@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > > This driver has the same problem as the other patches:
> > > use the ARM_AMBA primecell magic numbers detection, and the PrimeCell bus.
> >
> > Here the child is NAND controller and the parent is PL353 SMC, so do
> > we need to update this also as AMBA driver?
>
> No, sorry. The parent is spawning another device and you should indeed use a platform device
> for that.
>
Ok, you mean platform driver model is sufficient for both pl353-smc.c and pl353_nand.c drivers?
Or AMBA model is for pl353-smc and platform driver model is for pl353-nand?

Thanks,
Naga Sureshkumar Relli.

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>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij