linux/drivers/bcma
Linus Torvalds a637b0d459 - Lots of cleanups from Artem, including deletion of some obsolete drivers
- Support partitions larger than 4GiB in device tree
 - Support for new SPI chips
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Merge tag 'for-linus-20130509' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd

Pull MTD update from David Woodhouse:

 - Lots of cleanups from Artem, including deletion of some obsolete
   drivers

 - Support partitions larger than 4GiB in device tree

 - Support for new SPI chips

* tag 'for-linus-20130509' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (83 commits)
  mtd: omap2: Use module_platform_driver()
  mtd: bf5xx_nand: Use module_platform_driver()
  mtd: denali_dt: Remove redundant use of of_match_ptr
  mtd: denali_dt: Change return value to fix smatch warning
  mtd: denali_dt: Use module_platform_driver()
  mtd: denali_dt: Fix incorrect error check
  mtd: nand: subpage write support for hardware based ECC schemes
  mtd: omap2: use msecs_to_jiffies()
  mtd: nand_ids: use size macros
  mtd: nand_ids: improve LEGACY_ID_NAND macro a bit
  mtd: add 4 Toshiba nand chips for the full-id case
  mtd: add the support to parse out the full-id nand type
  mtd: add new fields to nand_flash_dev{}
  mtd: sh_flctl: Use of_match_ptr() macro
  mtd: gpio: Use of_match_ptr() macro
  mtd: gpio: Use devm_kzalloc()
  mtd: davinci_nand: Use of_match_ptr()
  mtd: dataflash: Use of_match_ptr() macro
  mtd: remove h720x flash support
  mtd: onenand: remove OneNAND simulator
  ...
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bcma_private.h Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-02-14 14:23:33 -05:00
core.c bcma: implement disabling PLLs 2013-03-06 16:25:46 -05:00
driver_chipcommon_nflash.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-02-14 14:23:33 -05:00
driver_chipcommon_pmu.c bcma: handle more devices in bcma_pmu_get_alp_clock() 2013-03-27 13:39:08 -04:00
driver_chipcommon_sflash.c bcma: Xflash: reorder includes to make pr_fmt work 2013-02-01 14:27:21 -05:00
driver_chipcommon.c bcma: export some gpio functions 2013-03-27 13:39:09 -04:00
driver_gmac_cmn.c Drivers: bcma: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
driver_gpio.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-02-14 14:23:33 -05:00
driver_mips.c bcma_mips: add a const qualifier 2013-04-05 13:04:07 +01:00
driver_pci_host.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem 2013-03-01 13:52:03 -05:00
driver_pci.c Drivers: bcma: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
host_pci.c Drivers: bcma: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
host_soc.c bcma: make some functions static 2012-08-10 15:26:52 -04:00
Kconfig bcma: BCMA_DRIVER_GPIO should depend on GPIOLIB instead of selecting it 2013-01-02 14:38:22 -05:00
main.c bcma: ignore extra GMAC cores on BCM4706 2013-03-06 16:24:24 -05:00
Makefile bcma: add GPIO driver 2012-11-21 21:55:52 +01:00
README bcma: add Broadcom specific AMBA bus driver 2011-05-10 15:54:54 -04:00
scan.c bcma: mark eromptr as __iomem 2013-03-27 13:39:08 -04:00
scan.h bcma: fix typo - reading number of slave wrappers 2012-07-12 15:27:17 -04:00
sprom.c bcma: extract board_type from SPROM 2013-03-25 16:43:40 -04:00
TODO bcma: add Broadcom specific AMBA bus driver 2011-05-10 15:54:54 -04:00

Broadcom introduced new bus as replacement for older SSB. It is based on AMBA,
however from programming point of view there is nothing AMBA specific we use.

Standard AMBA drivers are platform specific, have hardcoded addresses and use
AMBA standard fields like CID and PID.

In case of Broadcom's cards every device consists of:
1) Broadcom specific AMBA device. It is put on AMBA bus, but can not be treated
   as standard AMBA device. Reading it's CID or PID can cause machine lockup.
2) AMBA standard devices called ports or wrappers. They have CIDs (AMBA_CID)
   and PIDs (0x103BB369), but we do not use that info for anything. One of that
   devices is used for managing Broadcom specific core.

Addresses of AMBA devices are not hardcoded in driver and have to be read from
EPROM.

In this situation we decided to introduce separated bus. It can contain up to
16 devices identified by Broadcom specific fields: manufacturer, id, revision
and class.