Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi for Pine64

From	Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi for Pine64
Date	2017-05-19 05:10 +0200
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于 2017年5月19日 GMT+08:00 上午11:01:39, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> 写到:
>Hi,
>
>On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io> wrote:
>> The Wi-Fi module of Pine64 is powered via DLDO4 and ELDO1 (the latter
>> one provides I/O voltage).
>>
>> Add device node for it.
>>
>> Although the Wi-Fi module is an external module which should be
>inserted
>> to a header, according to my personal talk with TL Lim, he does not
>want
>> this header to be used as GPIO (so it's with 2.0mm pitch, not 2.54mm
>as
>> other GPIO headers).
>
>The patch looks OK, but given the module is removable, I think it
>should be
>an overlay. The overlay would enable WiFi + Bluetooth, and all the
>peripherals needed to connect them.
>
>That way, if the module is not installed, we avoid confusing the user
>with
>unused peripherals, and avoid having live voltage on an unoccupied
>header.

But as this header have specific usage, we will also confuse user
if it's not enabled as its target usage.

>
>ChenYu

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[PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi for Pine64 Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io> - 2017-05-18 09:20 +0200
  Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi  for Pine64 Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2017-05-19 05:10 +0200
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi for Pine64 Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io> - 2017-05-19 05:10 +0200
      Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi  for Pine64 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2017-05-19 09:20 +0200
        Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi  for Pine64 icenowy@aosc.io - 2017-05-19 09:30 +0200
          Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH v6 9/9] arm64: allwinner: a64: enable Wi-Fi  for Pine64 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2017-05-23 16:50 +0200

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