Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-08-02 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > > > > various Broadcom chips and

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-08-02 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > > > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > > > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-08-02 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various > > Broadcom based wireless routers.

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-08-02 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various > Broadcom based wireless routers. > A b44 and bcm43xx port and a SSB based OHCI driver is availabl

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-28 Thread Dmitry Torokhov
On Friday 27 July 2007 16:12, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:43:59 +0200 > Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sure, but why is the locking interruptible rather than plain old > > > mutex_lock()? > > > > Hm, well. We hold this mutex for several seconds, as writing tak

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 27 July 2007 22:12:49 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:43:59 +0200 > Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sure, but why is the locking interruptible rather than plain old > > > mutex_lock()? > > > > Hm, well. We hold this mutex for several seconds, as writing t

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:43:59 +0200 Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure, but why is the locking interruptible rather than plain old > > mutex_lock()? > > Hm, well. We hold this mutex for several seconds, as writing takes > this long. So I simply thought it was worth allowing the wai

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 27 July 2007 21:38:53 Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > +static ssize_t ssb_pci_attr_sprom_show(struct device *pcidev, > > > > + struct device_attribute *attr, > > > > + char *buf) > > > > +{ > > > > + struct pci_d

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 27 July 2007 21:21:20 John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 06:57:20PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various > > Broadcom b

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:48 +0200 Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" > > #4156: FILE: drivers/ssb/ssb_private.h:119: > > +extern struct ssb_bus * ssb_pci_dev_to_bus(struct pci_dev *pdev); > > > > are worth addressing. > > Well, I intentionally

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread John W. Linville
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 06:57:20PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various > Broadcom based wireless routers. > A b44 and bcm43xx port and a SSB based OH

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 27 July 2007 21:03:18 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:57:20 +0200 > Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various

Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

2007-07-27 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:57:20 +0200 Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices. > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various > Broadcom based wireless routers. > A b44 and bcm43xx port and