RE: [PATCH v10 1/4] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver

From: Gustavo Pimentel
Date: Tue May 11 2021 - 05:19:47 EST


On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:42:21, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Gustavo,
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:19 PM Gustavo Pimentel
> <Gustavo.Pimentel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver. This driver enables/disables
> > the PCI traffic generator module pertain to the Synopsys DesignWare
> > prototype.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for your patch, which is now commit e8a30eef6ef6da49 ("misc: Add
> Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver") in v5.13-rc1.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > index f532c59..e6af9ff 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > @@ -402,6 +402,16 @@ config SRAM
> > config SRAM_EXEC
> > bool
> >
> > +config DW_XDATA_PCIE
> > + depends on PCI
> > + tristate "Synopsys DesignWare xData PCIe driver"
> > + help
> > + This driver allows controlling Synopsys DesignWare PCIe traffic
> > + generator IP also known as xData, present in Synopsys DesignWare
> > + PCIe Endpoint prototype.
>
> Hence shouldn't this depend on PCIE_DW_EP, and perhaps be moved to
> drivers/pcie/?
> Or is that a driver for a different Synopsys DesignWare PCIe Endpoint?

Hi Geert,

the Synopsys DesignWare PCIe Endpoint is a different thing, although it
has the Endpoint on the name, it's not quite like others EP drivers.

-Gustavo

>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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