Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Add UART support for the ST-Ericsson CG2900.

From: Vitaly Wool
Date: Fri Dec 03 2010 - 06:44:14 EST


Hi Par,

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Par-Gunnar Hjalmdahl
<pghatwork@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2010/10/29 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> By the way, I will soon release a new patch set for CG2900 (hopefully
> next week), which contains major rework. It's hard to explain
> everything here and now but changes include:
>  - Reuse of existing HCI line discipline under /drivers/bluetooth/.
> Line discipline has been modified so it is selectable from protocol if
> line discipline should register to Bluetooth stack or not.

So is it true that if there's the other chip with similar
functionality I have to implement support for, I'll have to pretty
much duplicate your line discipline driver?

Isn't it better to have a new line discipline that the standard
drivers (H4, LL, ...) will be applicable to?

~Vitaly
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