Messages in this thread | | | From | Alexander Stein <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] memory: add Atmel EBI (External Bus Interface) driver | Date | Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:18:45 +0100 |
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On Monday 01 December 2014 17:17:30, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2014 11:50:06 Boris Brezillon wrote: > > > > I don't have a strong opinion regarding where this driver should > > live (I even considered putting it in drivers/bus) :-). > > But note that there are other "external memory interface" drivers > > in drivers/memory too: TI AEMIF and Marvell DEVBUS ;-). > > > > Does anyone else think this driver should go in drivers/bus ? > > > > I think drivers/memory is better.
I don't mind if it's drivers/bus or drivers/memory. But I'm wondering: When is a driver a bus driver when it is a memory driver? See imx-weim and atmel-ebi. Apparently both add support for devices attached on a bus which can be accessed through memory addresses :)
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