Re: [patch v1] x86/platform/mellanox: introduce support for Mellanox systems platform

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:14:26AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> This is LPC to I2C bridge.
>> >
>> > "LPC"?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Pin_Count
>>
>> "Modern ISA"
>
> So my original point stands, 1990's technology being used for brand new
> devices today, ugh :(
>
> Someone needs to go kick some hardware designers...

Non-discoverable buses are everywhere these days.

If only we had some machine-readable language to describe hardware topology.
Oh wait...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=return+of+the+non-discoverable+buses

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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