[PATCH v2 2/2] mailbox: split internal header from API header

Omar Ramirez Luna omar.luna at linaro.org
Wed Nov 7 01:41:17 EST 2012


Hi Loic,

On 6 November 2012 06:53, Loic PALLARDY <loic.pallardy at st.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 11/06/2012 03:55 AM, Omar Ramirez Luna wrote:
>> Now internal structures can remain hidden to the user and just API
>> related functions and defines are made available.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Omar Ramirez Luna<omar.luna at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/mailbox/mailbox.h |   48 +--------------------------------------------
>>   include/linux/mailbox.h   |   22 +++++++++++++++++++
> I agree with the file split but I think mailbox framework API should be
> more generic.
> omap_ prefix should not be used. mailbox_ prefix will be better.

Ok.

> Message type must be more opened like for example:
> struct mailbox_msg {
>         int             size;
>         unsigned char   header;
>         unsigned char   *pdata;
> };

We can analyze the requirement for having such structure, presumably
you expect variable size messages, in OMAP case it is a 4 byte value,
but I'm open to change in order to accommodate other users needs.

Cheers,

Omar



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