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

[Prafulla Wadaskar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de]
> On Behalf Of Lei Wen
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:54 PM
> To: Gérald Kerma
> Cc: Lei Wen; Yu Tang; Rob Herring; u-boot at lists.denx.de; Andy Fleming;
> Ashish Karkare; Prabhanjan Sarnaik
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] MMC: add sdhci generic framework
> 
> 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.

I don't see an issue here, if sdhci is more generic, it will support few more SoCs then it should go for mainlining.

Regards..
Prafulla . . .

> 
> Best regards,
> Lei
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