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Linus Torvalds bab588fcfb Merge tag 'soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc
Pull ARM SoC-specific updates from Arnd Bergmann:
 "This is a larger set of new functionality for the existing SoC
  families, including:

   - vt8500 gains support for new CPU cores, notably the Cortex-A9 based
     wm8850

   - prima2 gains support for the "marco" SoC family, its SMP based
     cousin

   - tegra gains support for the new Tegra4 (Tegra114) family

   - socfpga now supports a newer version of the hardware including SMP

   - i.mx31 and bcm2835 are now using DT probing for their clocks

   - lots of updates for sh-mobile

   - OMAP updates for clocks, power management and USB

   - i.mx6q and tegra now support cpuidle

   - kirkwood now supports PCIe hot plugging

   - tegra clock support is updated

   - tegra USB PHY probing gets implemented diffently"

* tag 'soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: (148 commits)
  ARM: prima2: remove duplicate v7_invalidate_l1
  ARM: shmobile: r8a7779: Correct TMU clock support again
  ARM: prima2: fix __init section for cpu hotplug
  ARM: OMAP: Consolidate OMAP USB-HS platform data (part 3/3)
  ARM: OMAP: Consolidate OMAP USB-HS platform data (part 1/3)
  arm: socfpga: Add SMP support for actual socfpga harware
  arm: Add v7_invalidate_l1 to cache-v7.S
  arm: socfpga: Add entries to enable make dtbs socfpga
  arm: socfpga: Add new device tree source for actual socfpga HW
  ARM: tegra: sort Kconfig selects for Tegra114
  ARM: tegra: enable ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB for Tegra114
  ARM: tegra: Fix build error w/ ARCH_TEGRA_114_SOC w/o ARCH_TEGRA_3x_SOC
  ARM: tegra: Fix build error for gic update
  ARM: tegra: remove empty tegra_smp_init_cpus()
  ARM: shmobile: Register ARM architected timer
  ARM: MARCO: fix the build issue due to gic-vic-to-irqchip move
  ARM: shmobile: r8a7779: Correct TMU clock support
  ARM: mxs_defconfig: Select CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
  ARM: mxs: decrease mxs_clockevent_device.min_delta_ns to 2 clock cycles
  ARM: mxs: use apbx bus clock to drive the timers on timrotv2
  ...
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NVEC: An NVidia compliant Embedded Controller Protocol Implemenation

This is an implementation of the NVEC protocol used to communicate with an
embedded controller (EC) via I2C bus. The EC is an I2C master while the host
processor is the I2C slave. Requests from the host processor to the EC are
started by triggering a gpio line.

There is no written documentation of the protocol available to the public,
but the source code[1] of the published nvec reference drivers can be a guide.
This driver is currently only used by the AC100 project[2], but it is likely,
that other Tegra boards (not yet mainlined, if ever) also use it.

[1] e.g. http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=arch/arm/mach-tegra/nvec;hb=android-tegra-2.6.32
[2] http://gitorious.org/ac100, http://launchpad.net/ac100