Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Aug 2023 16:36:26 +0200 | From | Herve Codina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 24/28] pinctrl: Add support for the Lantic PEF2256 pinmux |
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Hi Linus, Andrew,
On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 15:17:11 +0200 Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 03:06:42PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 3:05 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote: > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com> > > > > > > So it is a bridge chip? Please use that terminology since Linux > > > DRM often talks about bridges. > > > > Replying to self: no it's not a bridge, it's a WAN thingy. > > > > So perhaps write that this is a WAN interface adapter chip. > > Hi Linus > > In the E1/T1/J1 world, framer is a well understood concept. Maybe the > text needs a bit more background information to explain what this is > to somebody who does not have an old school telecoms background. > > Andrew
Maybe I can add in my commit log: --- 8< --- This kind of component can be found in old telecommunication system. It was used to digital transmission of many simultaneous telephone calls by time-division multiplexing. Also using HDLC protocol, WAN networks can be reached through the framer. --- 8< ---
Do you think it will be better ?
Regards, Hervé Codina
-- Hervé Codina, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com
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