[PATCH v2 1/3] mailbox/omap: Add ti, mbox-send-noirq quirk to fix AM33xx CPU Idle

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Wed Aug 5 03:28:40 PDT 2015


* Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach at ti.com> [150717 13:59]:
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/omap-mailbox.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/omap-mailbox.txt
> @@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ data that represent the following:
>      Cell #3 (usr_id)  - mailbox user id for identifying the interrupt line
>                          associated with generating a tx/rx fifo interrupt.
>  
> +Optional Properties:
> +--------------------
> +- ti,mbox-send-noirq:   Quirk flag to allow the client user of this sub-mailbox
> +                        to send messages without triggering a Tx ready interrupt,
> +                        and to control the Tx ticker. Should be used only on
> +                        sub-mailboxes used to communicate with WkupM3 remote
> +                        processor on AM33xx/AM43xx SoCs.
> +

Hmm can't you do this just by setting a flag in the device driver
based on the compatible string?

Regards,

Tony



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