Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:10:18 +0200 | From | Baruch Siach <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/misc: Altera Cyclone active serial implementation |
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Hi hpa,
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:11:49AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/03/2010 07:21 AM, Baruch Siach wrote: > > From: Alex Gershgorin <agersh@rambler.ru> > > > > The active serial protocol can be used to program Altera Cyclone FPGA devices. > > This driver uses the kernel gpio interface to implement the active serial > > protocol. > > Calling it "Cyclone" is a bit misleading. This protocol is used by > Stratix, Cyclone and Arria devices (at least), and it probably depends > more on the generation than on the product line which exact version of > the protocol it is. > > If anything it would probably be more accurate to call it a Statix > protocol, or just an Altera one.
I see. I think I'll rename it to altera_as, for Altera active serial.
baruch
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