Re: [PATCH RFC 2/3] i2c-nomadik: turn the platform driver to an ambadriver

[Ben Dooks]

On 31/05/12 02:51, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Alessandro Rubini<rubini@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > The i2c-nomadik gateware is really a PrimeCell APB device. By hosting
> > the driver under the amba bus we can access it more easily, for
> > example using the generic pci-amba driver. The patch also fixes the
> > mach-ux500 users to register an AMBA device, not a platform device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini<rubini@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Giancarlo Asnaghi<giancarlo.asnaghi@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Srinidhi Kasagar<srinidhi.kasagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: STEricsson_nomadik_linux@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Linus Walleij<linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This will affect Lee Jones' device tree bindings for the same device.
>
> You will need some add-on patch to the db8500 device tree moving this
> over to the AMBA (PrimeCell) bus abstraction.

What does AMBA win us over the platform device here?

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