Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Sep 2019 14:06:46 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] w1: add 1-wire master driver for IP block found in SGI ASICs |
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On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 02:01:34PM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote: > On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 13:48:37 +0200 > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 10:26:21AM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote: > > > Starting with SGI Origin machines nearly every new SGI ASIC contains > > > an 1-Wire master. They are used for attaching One-Wire prom devices, > > > which contain information about part numbers, revision numbers, > > > serial number etc. and MAC addresses for ethernet interfaces. > > > This patch adds a master driver to support this IP block. > > > It also adds an extra field dev_id to struct w1_bus_master, which > > > could be in used in slave drivers for creating unique device names. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@suse.de> > > > --- > > > drivers/w1/masters/Kconfig | 9 +++ > > > drivers/w1/masters/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/w1/masters/sgi_w1.c | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > include/linux/platform_data/sgi-w1.h | 13 ++++ > > > > Why platform data? I thought that was the "old way", and the "proper > > way" now is to use device tree? > > this machine is old and doesn't have device tree at all.
Your text says "every new SGI ASIC". So new devices are being made for old systems?
confused,
greg k-h
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