[PATCH 0/2] OMAP: mailbox initial device tree support

Omar Ramirez Luna omar.luna at linaro.org
Wed May 30 15:31:57 EDT 2012


Hi,

On 24 May 2012 10:44, Cousson, Benoit <b-cousson at ti.com> wrote:
> On 5/2/2012 7:42 AM, Bedia, Vaibhav wrote:
>>
>> Hi Omar,
>>
>> On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 23:17:38, Omar Ramirez Luna wrote:
>>>
>>> To allow mailbox driver to function with device tree.
>>>
>>> Tested in OMAP4 and OMAP3. OMAP2 untested.
>>
>>
>> I think the mailbox code needs a cleanup similar to what you
>> had proposed earlier [1] before the device tree support is added.
>>
>> We probably need to decide whether the number of mailbox sub-modules
>> should be part of hwmod attribute or come from device tree. IMO the
>> static allocation of the mailboxes is better suited in the device-tree
>> data.
>
>
> Ideally yes, but that assumes we are supporting only DT boot method, which
> is still not the case today.
>
> That being said, the driver might still be able to leverage DT if available
> already.
>
>
> This can be done later as well.
>
> Omar,
> That's up to you.

Thanks for the ack on the 2nd patch.

Yes, I think these changes doesn't depend on the cleanup of the
driver, they could be included prior to them.

Regards,

Omar



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