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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 13:43:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 13:43:21 -0700
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1446 commits) macvlan: fix panic if lowerdev in a bond tg3: Add braces around 5906 workaround. tg3: Fix NETIF_F_LOOPBACK error macvlan: remove one synchronize_rcu() call networking: NET_CLS_ROUTE4 depends on INET irda: Fix error propagation in ircomm_lmp_connect_response() irda: Kill set but unused variable 'bytes' in irlan_check_command_param() irda: Kill set but unused variable 'clen' in ircomm_connect_indication() rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_transport() be2net: Kill set but unused variable 'req' in lancer_fw_download() irda: Kill set but unused vars 'saddr' and 'daddr' in irlan_provider_connect_indication() atl1c: atl1c_resume() is only used when CONFIG_PM_SLEEP is defined. rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_peer(). rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'local' in rxrpc_UDP_error_handler() rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_process_connection() rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_rotate_tx_window() pkt_sched: Kill set but unused variable 'protocol' in tc_classify() isdn: capi: Use pr_debug() instead of ifdefs. tg3: Update version to 3.119 tg3: Apply rx_discards fix to 5719/5720 ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/Kconfig and net/mac80211/agg-tx.c as per Davem.
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+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.