Add a README with a brief guide to porting serial drivers over to use
driver model.

Add a timeline also. All serial drivers should be converted by the end
of January 2016.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

The current name is inconsistent with other driver model data access
functions. Rename it and fix up all users.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>

Many System on Chip(SoC) solutions are complex with multiple processors
on the same die dedicated to either general purpose of specialized
functions. Many examples do exist in today's SoCs from various vendors.
Typical examples are micro controllers such as an ARM M3/M0 doing a
offload of specific function such as event integration or power
management or controlling camera etc.

Traditionally, the responsibility of loading up such a processor with a
firmware and communication has been with a High Level Operating
System(HLOS) such as Linux. However, there exists classes of products
where Linux would need to expect services from such a processor or the
delay of Linux and operating system being able to load up such a
firmware is unacceptable.

To address these needs, we need some minimal capability to load such a
system and ensure it is started prior to an Operating System(Linux or
any other) is started up.

NOTE: This is NOT meant to be a solve-all solution, instead, it tries to
address certain class of SoCs and products that need such a solution.

A very simple model is introduced here as part of the initial support
that supports microcontrollers with internal memory (no MMU, no
execution from external memory, or specific image format needs). This
basic framework can then (hopefully) be extensible to other complex SoC
processor support as need be.

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Document how pci devices are bound to device drivers.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Correct two typos and mention how pci bus will be probed.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

We should guide people more strongly towards device tree to avoid the
proliferation of platform data structures. Add documentation to the driver
model README, and also the platform data header file.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

This commit cleanups the PMIC framework documentation.

Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Tested on sandbox:
Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

Since this framework is still under the construction, the main
documentation is kept in the header files.

Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

There are a lot more tests now. To avoid confusion add the updated test
output to the driver model README.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>

Add some documentation describing how USB is implemented with USB. This
might make things easier for people to understand.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>