On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Bert Vermeulen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/04/15 08:52, Lee Jones wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2015, Bert Vermeulen wrote: >> >>> The SPI-connected CPLD chip controls access to the main NAND flash >>> chip and five LEDs. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Bert Vermeulen <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/rb4xx_cpld.h | 49 +++++ >>> drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 7 + >>> drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 + >>> drivers/mfd/rb4xx-cpld.c | 279 >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 4 files changed, 336 insertions(+) >>> create mode 100644 arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/rb4xx_cpld.h >>> create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/rb4xx-cpld.c >> >> This device doesn't look like an MFD, it rather looks like a CPLD >> driver. We had a recent submission like this [1], perhaps this will >> provide another argument for drivers/programmables or something. >> >> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/17/42 > > Yup, got bounced into drivers/mfd after initially submitting it as an SPI > protocol driver (where it lives in openwrt). Indeed it's not a great fit > anywhere -- not even programmables: this thing has its firmware on board, > nothing ever feeds it on startup. > > Drivers for CPLDs don't necessarily have anything in common -- these are > customized chips basically. In this case it's a NAND controller and GPIO/LED > expander rolled into one.
Then perhaps drivers/misc ? -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
