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Re: [PATCH 2/4] mmc: bcm2835: Add new driver for the internal SD controller.

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On 27 January 2017 at 12:36, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
>
> The 2835 has two SD controllers:  The Arasan SDHCI controller (supported
> by the iproc driver) and a custom SD controller.  This patch adds a
> driver for the custom SD controller.
>
> The custom controller runs faster, and driving the sdcard with the
> custom controller also allows to drive the rpi3 wifi with the iproc
> driver.
>

I don't understand this relationship. Is this somewhat configurable in runtime?

Is the WIFI module a removable SDIO card? So you can decide which
controller that is best suited to use? No?

Kind regards
Uffe

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[PATCH 0/4] mmc: bcm2835: Add new driver for the internal SD controller. Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2017-01-27 12:50 +0100
  [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: bcm283x: switch from &sdhci to &sdhost Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2017-01-27 12:50 +0100
  [PATCH 3/4] mmc: bcm2835: add internal SD controller to devicetree Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> - 2017-01-27 12:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] mmc: bcm2835: Add new driver for the internal SD controller. Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> - 2017-01-27 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] mmc: bcm2835: Add new driver for the internal SD  controller. Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com> - 2017-01-27 17:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/4] mmc: bcm2835: Add new driver for the internal SD controller. Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> - 2017-01-30 09:30 +0100

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