[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/4] arm: Tegra2: Add basic NVIDIA Tegra2 SoC support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jan 24 22:23:26 CET 2011


Dear Tom Warren,

In message <AANLkTimN6c5DUFXWte4z8u6rRAB84KgC30STwj8NE3J1 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >> >> +#define NV_PA_APB_UARTD_BASE (NV_PA_APB_MISC_BASE + 0x6300)
> >> >> +#define NV_PA_APB_UARTE_BASE (NV_PA_APB_MISC_BASE + 0x6400)
> >> >> +#define NV_PA_PMC_BASE               0x7000E400
> >> >
> >> > what is the purpose of NV_PA prefix here?
> >> NV_Physical_Address - a base address of a HW block (Power Management
> >> Cntrlr, etc.)
> >
> > Well, the NV_ part is not needed, right?
> True. I can remove it, but why? It designates this as a
> NVIDIA-specific define. I see the same thing
> in AT91, OMAP, NetARM, DaVinci, IMX files, etc. etc.

OK, I don't insist.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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