[PATCHv2 0/3] arm64 xilinx zynqmp firmware interface
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Aug 16 08:39:49 PDT 2017
On 16/08/17 13:24, Michal Simek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> xilinx is using this interface for very long time and we can't merge our
> driver changes to Linux because of missing communication layer with
> firmware. This interface was developed before scpi and scmi was
> available. In connection to power management scpi and scmi are missing
> pieces which we already use. There is a separate discussion how to
> extend scmi to support all our use cases.
So maybe we should wait and see where this discussion is going before we
merge yet another firmware interface?
> This simply patch is not adding any power management features but only
> adding minimum functionality which are needed for drivers.
I don't get it. 600 lines of firmware interface that isn't used by
anything? Or is it? Needed by which driver?
Thanks,
M.
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