[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] MMC: add sdhci generic framework

Lei Wen adrian.wenl at gmail.com
Sun Jul 17 09:23:43 CEST 2011


Hi Gérald,

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Gérald Kerma <geraker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Lei,
>
> Le 29/06/2011 07:58, Lei Wen a écrit :
>> Hi Gérald,
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Gérald Kerma <geraker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > Is this driver adaptable for sheevaplug ?
>
>> In the Linux kernel, the sdhci-dove.c does the similar way to support
>> the kirkwood.
>
> The linux kernel use mvsdio driver for kirkwood.
>
> MMC_MVSDIO
> Marvell MMC/SD/SDIO host driver
>    This selects the Marvell SDIO host driver.
>    SDIO may currently be found on the Kirkwood 88F6281 and 88F6192
>    SoC controllers.
>
> MMC_SDHCI_DOVE
> SDHCI support on Marvell's Dove SoC
>    This selects the Secure Digital Host Controller Interface in
>    Marvell's Dove SoC.
>
> a driver patch which use the old generic driver was adapted from Marvell
> UBoot (mvsdio).
>
> It's not included in the Denx uboot mainline but is available in the
> Debian Uboot.
>

I just don't object kirkwood to resue the old way. But since sdhci
could be a generic
framework, it is nice that denx mainline could also use sdhci for
kirkwood which is
actively maintained like in the linux kernel.

Best regards,
Lei


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