Re: Request for comments

2015-03-04 Thread Joao Pinto
On 3/3/2015 6:48 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 05:06:45PM +, Joao Pinto wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am sending this email in order to get some feedback from you about a >> feature that I am planning to do in a driver I am working on. > > I don't see any code here, or really, any sp

Re: Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 05:06:45PM +, Joao Pinto wrote: > Hello, > > I am sending this email in order to get some feedback from you about a > feature that I am planning to do in a driver I am working on. I don't see any code here, or really, any specifics, so there's nothing to comment on at

Re: Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Felipe Balbi
Hi, (please break your email at 80-characters, have a look at Documentation/email-clients.txt for tips about how to achieve that) On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 05:06:45PM +, Joao Pinto wrote: > Hello, > > I am sending this email in order to get some feedback from you about a > feature that I am pl

Re: Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Felipe Balbi
On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 06:35:51PM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > > c) If the driver is configured to do something that the connected > >hardware is not capable of doing, it simply logs a message to > >kernel log and automatically disables it trying to work has > >fluid as possible > > Ho

Re: Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Joao Pinto
Hello Peter, On 3/3/2015 5:35 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Hello Joao, > > Joao Pinto wrote: >> This new feature basically is to turn the relationship between driver >> and hardware IP more transparent, making the software more robust. > > This is an important matter already today, and will only bec

Re: Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Peter Stuge
Hello Joao, Joao Pinto wrote: > This new feature basically is to turn the relationship between driver > and hardware IP more transparent, making the software more robust. This is an important matter already today, and will only become more important in the future. > a) The hardware has the capa

Request for comments

2015-03-03 Thread Joao Pinto
Hello, I am sending this email in order to get some feedback from you about a feature that I am planning to do in a driver I am working on. This new feature basically is to turn the relationship between driver and hardware IP more transparent, making the software more robust. Let me explain the