[PATCH v4 0/5] Mailbox: Provide support STi based platforms
Lee Jones
lee.jones at linaro.org
Fri Oct 16 00:14:19 PDT 2015
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Jassi Brar wrote:
> On 5 October 2015 at 18:32, Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> > Hi Jassi,
> >
> > This should be it. Exciting times!
> >
> > ST's platforms currently support a maximum of 5 Mailboxes, one for
> > each of the supported co-processors situated on the platform. Each
> > Mailbox is divided up into 4 instances which consist of 32 channels.
> > Messages are passed between the application and co-processors using
> > shared memory areas.
> >
> > Also included in the set is an example Client which should be generic
> > enough to use as a testing environment for all Mailbox IPs which use
> > shared memory or the API to pass messages. With small changes, it
> > should also be able to test more extravagant implementations.
> >
> > v3 -> v4:
> > - More protection in MBOX_BASE() MACRO
> > - Remove unused tx-only marker
> >
> Are you sure about the tx-only marker? :)
>
> Since it is also a DT property, I think we should have it removed
> before we apply the patchset. Lets get it done today.
Wow! I can't even explain that. It's gone from my local repo!
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Lee Jones
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