Re: [PATCH] SPI: SSP SPI Controller driver v3

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Sun Jan 06 2013 - 18:35:53 EST


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Mika Westerberg
<mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 04:11:36PM +0800, chao bi wrote:
>>
>> This patch is to implement SSP SPI controller driver, which has been applied and
>> validated on intel Moorestown & Medfield platform. The patch are originated by
>> Ken Mills <ken.k.mills@xxxxxxxxx> and Sylvain Centelles <sylvain.centelles@xxxxxxxxx>,
>> migrating to lateset Linux mainline SPI framework by Channing <chao.bi@xxxxxxxxx>
>> and Chen Jun <jun.d.chen@xxxxxxxxx> according to their integration & validation
>> on Medfield platform.
>
> This is the same IP block as used in PXA, right? With few modifications
> here and there. Is there a reason not to use spi-pxa2xx.c?

This needs to be investigated. Two drivers for the same or closely related
hardware block is never a good sign...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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