Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Aug 2017 22:38:17 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] platform: Add driver for RAVE Supervisory Processor |
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Hi!
> >> + * 9 -> Illegal Trap > >> + * 10 -> Unknown > >> + * 11 -> Crew Panel Requested > > > > Anyway... If you move management chip to .. I don't know, i2c, the > > path would change. Also it would be different path on N900. Userland > > should not have to deal with this. > > > > And... this should really be string, as the list will need to grow on > > different hardware. > > I think we have a misunderstanding, with this part of the patch set I > am not trying to propose a generic ABI that would be useful for any > other driver but this one. Hence the lack of concern for different
Yes, but sorry, that's no-go. Kernel should hide differences between different machiens, and it should be rather easy in this case.
> hardware paths (it's not going to change for this device) and device > specific codes instead of generic strings. I can see how my choice of > generic name such as "reset_reason" might suggest that, so I apologize > for any confusion I might have caused. If said generic name is > unacceptable I can change it to "rave_reset_reason" or something > similar and if that is undesirable as well I am happy to drop this > part of the patch and re-visit this later.
Ok, can we do the re-visit thing? You may want to contact these people:
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:59:55 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> To: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> Cc: lee.jones@linaro.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, j.anaszewski@samsung.com, rpurdie@rpsys.net, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, jiri@resnulli.us, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch v4 1/2] mfd: Add Mellanox regmap core driver
They are currently trying to add driver, including
> Cause of reset nodes: > - cpu_kernel_panic > - cpu_shutdown > - bmc_warm_reset
...which sounds very similar to what you are doing. > > Plus we'll really need better explanations. What is difference between > > "normal power off" and "host requested"? > > > > Short answer: I don't know, since this is as much information that ICD > for that device gave me. > > Long answer: It probably can be discerned from the source code of the > firmware/schematic as well as by bothering the right people, but since > I get a feeling that this attribute is not really desirable in its > current from, I'll punt doing that.
Ok.
> >> + The following values are valid: > >> + * 0 -> SD card > >> + * 1 -> eMMC > >> + * 2 -> SPI NOR > >> + > >> + NOTE: Setting boot source on RDU1 hardware is > >> + currently not implemented > > > > Same comments apply here. > > Yep, same comment for me as well :-)
Ok :-).
Best regards, Pavel
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