linux/drivers/bcma
Linus Torvalds d3ec4844d4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (43 commits)
  fs: Merge split strings
  treewide: fix potentially dangerous trailing ';' in #defined values/expressions
  uwb: Fix misspelling of neighbourhood in comment
  net, netfilter: Remove redundant goto in ebt_ulog_packet
  trivial: don't touch files that are removed in the staging tree
  lib/vsprintf: replace link to Draft by final RFC number
  doc: Kconfig: `to be' -> `be'
  doc: Kconfig: Typo: square -> squared
  doc: Konfig: Documentation/power/{pm => apm-acpi}.txt
  drivers/net: static should be at beginning of declaration
  drivers/media: static should be at beginning of declaration
  drivers/i2c: static should be at beginning of declaration
  XTENSA: static should be at beginning of declaration
  SH: static should be at beginning of declaration
  MIPS: static should be at beginning of declaration
  ARM: static should be at beginning of declaration
  rcu: treewide: Do not use rcu_read_lock_held when calling rcu_dereference_check
  Update my e-mail address
  PCIe ASPM: forcedly -> forcibly
  gma500: push through device driver tree
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts:
 - arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/dma-m2p.c (deleted)
 - drivers/gpio/gpio-ep93xx.c (renamed and context nearby)
 - drivers/net/r8169.c (just context changes)
2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
..
bcma_private.h bcma: detect PCI core working in hostmode 2011-07-07 13:13:34 -04:00
core.c bcma: inform drivers about translation bits needed for the core 2011-07-22 09:51:12 -04:00
driver_chipcommon.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
driver_chipcommon_pmu.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
driver_pci.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
driver_pci_host.c bcma: detect PCI core working in hostmode 2011-07-07 13:13:34 -04:00
host_pci.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem 2011-06-24 15:25:51 -04:00
Kconfig bcma: detect PCI core working in hostmode 2011-07-07 13:13:34 -04:00
main.c bcma: add check if sprom is available before accessing it. 2011-07-11 15:02:17 -04:00
Makefile bcma: detect PCI core working in hostmode 2011-07-07 13:13:34 -04:00
README
scan.c
scan.h
sprom.c bcma: handle alternative SPROM location 2011-07-19 16:49:53 -04:00
TODO

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.