Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-02 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Dmitry, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 12:17:33 AM, you wrote: > Hello Paul, > Paul Sokolovsky wrote: >>> ASIC-related code (I mean core) forms additional platform layer, so I >>> suggest >>> adding ASIC helpers to generic platform code i.e. drivers/platform.c, but >>> ASIC drivers to drivers/asi

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread Dmitry Krivoschekov
Hello Paul, Paul Sokolovsky wrote: >> ASIC-related code (I mean core) forms additional platform layer, so I >> suggest >> adding ASIC helpers to generic platform code i.e. drivers/platform.c, but >> ASIC drivers to drivers/asic/ directory. > > There problem here is the same - our target ch

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Dmitry, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 10:08:23 PM, you wrote: > ian wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:29 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: >>> If you used ASIC acronym it would be more appropriate and not so >>> ambiguous. >> >> Actually, thats not bad. I'd be ok with that is SoC isnt used. >> >

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread Dmitry Krivoschekov
ian wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:29 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: >> If you used ASIC acronym it would be more appropriate and not so >> ambiguous. > > Actually, thats not bad. I'd be ok with that is SoC isnt used. > I'm ok with that too, i.e. very rough definition is: SoC (system-on-chip

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread ian
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:29 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: > If you used ASIC acronym it would be more appropriate and not so > ambiguous. Actually, thats not bad. I'd be ok with that is SoC isnt used. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread Paul Sokolovsky
Hello Dmitry, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 7:38:44 PM, you wrote: > ian wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 17:53 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: >>> Hi Paul, >> >>> I think your referring to the term "SoC (system-on-chip)" is confusing >>> (at least for me). You rather consider companion chips than SoCs.

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread Dmitry Krivoschekov
ian wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 17:53 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: >> Hi Paul, > >> I think your referring to the term "SoC (system-on-chip)" is confusing >> (at least for me). You rather consider companion chips than SoCs. > > A 'System' does not imply a CPU. A 'Computer System' would but

Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers

2007-05-01 Thread ian
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 17:53 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: > Hi Paul, > I think your referring to the term "SoC (system-on-chip)" is confusing > (at least for me). You rather consider companion chips than SoCs. A 'System' does not imply a CPU. A 'Computer System' would but the word system itse