From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 126958B4 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.26.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27CF411E for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 13:54:09 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Linus Walleij Message-ID: <20150805115408.GA14607@amd> References: <20150723084251.54da2be0@gandalf.local.home> <20150723154014.GD11162@sirena.org.uk> <55B7FD82.8010806@sonymobile.com> <20150728230743.GO4753@usrtlx11787.corpusers.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "riverful.kim@samsung.com" , "kyungmin.park@samsung.com" , Bjorn Andersson , Greg KH , John Stultz Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Mainline kernel on a cellphone List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi! > >> Or and did I mention that some manufactures actually put FM radio and GPS > >> controls behind the Bluetooth chip. So access to these slave devices goes > >> via the Bluetooth HCI. This means that you have this fun dependency: > >> > >> FM radio -> Bluetooth HCI -> UART -> UART slave > > So what I wanted to ask is who else is doing this apart from > CG2900/STLC2690? Is it a common pattern? The most important phone in the world (*) does it like that. - it has extra GPIOs to handle power management - GPS is connected to the GSM parts, not to bluetooth Best regards, Pavel (*) Nokia N900. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html