Re: [PATCH 06/16] usb: musb: dsps: rename ti81xx_driver_data to am33xx_driver_data

From: Bin Liu
Date: Tue Jul 23 2013 - 15:10:00 EST


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On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Bin Liu <binmlist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
> <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This patch renames the type struct from ti81xx_driver_data to
>> am33xx_driver_data since it is not used for ti81xx anymore. The EOI
>> member is also removed since the am33xx SoC does not have such register.
>> The interrupt is acknowledged by writting into the stat register.
>
> I guess the EOI register is removed from the TRM because AM33xx does not use
> it, there is no need to write to it to acknowledge. It does not hurt to
> write to it though since the register still exists, it just does nothing, I
> guess.
>
> But I am not sure if it is a good idea to remove eoi from the musb_dsps
> driver. If the intension is to merge the support for other SoC, such as
> AM35xx, AM18xx, then EOI handling might be still needed. I just don't know
> how those devices use EOI.
>
> Regards,
> -Bin.
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