[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 12/17] SPEAr : i2c driver moved completely into drivers/i2c

Vipin KUMAR vipin.kumar at st.com
Thu May 6 04:08:32 CEST 2010


On 5/6/2010 3:07 AM, Tom Rix wrote:
> Vipin KUMAR wrote:
>> On 5/3/2010 5:55 AM, Tom Rix wrote:
>>> Vipin KUMAR wrote:
>>>> The i2c IP used by spear platform is a synopsys i2c controller
>>> 'IP' expand.
>>
>> IP is Intellectual Property i.e peripheral hardware
>>
> 
> Please use the term 'peripheral hardware' in place of IP
> IP is too generic.
> 

OK

> Tom
> 
>>> What is the connection between 'synopsys' and 'designware' ?
>>> If the part is synopsys, that should be the string used
>>> instead of 'dw' or 'designware'
>>
>> Synopsys is the vendor and designware is the class of peripherals from
>> synopsys
>>
>>>> The earlier driver adds the driver of this controller as if it is
>>>> specific to
>>>> spear platform.
>>>> The driver files are now moved into drivers/i2c folder for reusability
>>>> by other
>>> Maybe something like
>>> 'The earlier i2c driver was specific to spear platforms.
>>>  This driver has been moved to the common driver directory drivers/i2c
>>>  where it can be used by other platforms'
>>>
>> OK. I would improve on this
>>
>> Regards
>> Vipin
>>
>>
> 
> 



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