lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2018]   [Aug]   [28]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Date
SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/15] soc: octeontx2: Add mailbox support infra
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:57 PM <sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Aleksey Makarov <amakarov@marvell.com>
>
> This patch adds mailbox support infrastructure APIs.
> Each RVU device has a dedicated 64KB mailbox region
> shared with it's peer for communication. RVU AF has
> a separate mailbox region shared with each of RVU PFs
> and a RVU PF has a separate region shared with each of
> it's VF.
>
> These set of APIs are used by this driver (RVU AF) and
> other RVU PF/VF drivers eg netdev, crypto e.t.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksey Makarov <amakarov@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Bartosik <lbartosik@marvell.com>

Why does this driver not use the drivers/mailbox/ infrastructure?

Arnd

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2018-08-28 14:04    [W:0.120 / U:0.064 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site