linux/drivers/bcma
John W. Linville 61a3d4f9d5 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2014-09-08 11:14:56 -04:00
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Kconfig bcma: gpio: add own IRQ domain 2014-01-23 13:02:37 +01:00
Makefile bcma: add driver for PCIe Gen 2 core 2014-07-07 16:32:16 -04:00
README
TODO
bcma_private.h bcma: export bcma_find_core_unit() 2014-01-04 20:25:19 -05:00
core.c bcma: update core (en|dis)abling functions 2013-06-17 14:38:53 -04:00
driver_chipcommon.c bcma: add support for BCM43142 2013-06-27 13:42:16 -04:00
driver_chipcommon_nflash.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-02-14 14:23:33 -05:00
driver_chipcommon_pmu.c bcma: add support for BCM43131 that was found in Tenda W311E 2014-07-29 10:32:57 -04:00
driver_chipcommon_sflash.c bcma: fix sparse warnings in driver_chipcommon_sflash.c 2014-01-03 15:37:01 -05:00
driver_gmac_cmn.c Drivers: bcma: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:15 -08:00
driver_gpio.c bcma: gpio: register all 32 GPIOs on BCM53572 2014-06-19 15:49:15 -04:00
driver_mips.c bcma: get info about flash type SoC booted from 2014-09-04 13:50:11 -04:00
driver_pci.c bcma: make bcma_core_pci_{up,down}() callable from atomic context 2013-09-26 14:02:33 -04:00
driver_pci_host.c bcma: change max PCI read request size to 128 2013-08-26 14:09:02 -04:00
driver_pcie2.c bcma: add driver for PCIe Gen 2 core 2014-07-07 16:32:16 -04:00
host_pci.c bcma: add PCI ID for spromless BCM43217 2014-08-25 15:39:23 -04:00
host_soc.c bcma: only map wrapper if its address is available 2014-08-28 14:41:56 -04:00
main.c bcma: add driver for PCIe Gen 2 core 2014-07-07 16:32:16 -04:00
scan.c bcma: only map wrapper if its address is available 2014-08-28 14:41:56 -04:00
scan.h bcma: fix typo - reading number of slave wrappers 2012-07-12 15:27:17 -04:00
sprom.c bcma: add support for BCM43131 that was found in Tenda W311E 2014-07-29 10:32:57 -04:00

README

Broadcom introduced new bus as replacement for older SSB. It is based on AMBA,
however from programming point of view there is nothing AMBA specific we use.

Standard AMBA drivers are platform specific, have hardcoded addresses and use
AMBA standard fields like CID and PID.

In case of Broadcom's cards every device consists of:
1) Broadcom specific AMBA device. It is put on AMBA bus, but can not be treated
   as standard AMBA device. Reading it's CID or PID can cause machine lockup.
2) AMBA standard devices called ports or wrappers. They have CIDs (AMBA_CID)
   and PIDs (0x103BB369), but we do not use that info for anything. One of that
   devices is used for managing Broadcom specific core.

Addresses of AMBA devices are not hardcoded in driver and have to be read from
EPROM.

In this situation we decided to introduce separated bus. It can contain up to
16 devices identified by Broadcom specific fields: manufacturer, id, revision
and class.