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Re: [PATCH v7 RESEND 0/4] mailbox: hisilicon: add Hi6220 mailbox driver

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On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> wrote:
> Hi6220 mailbox supports up to 32 channels. Each channel is unidirectional
> with a maximum message size of 8 words. I/O is performed using register
> access (there is no DMA) and the cell raises an interrupt when messages
> are received.
>
> This patch series is to implement Hi6220 mailbox driver. It registers
> two channels into framework for communication with MCU, one is tx channel
> and another is rx channel. Now mailbox driver is used to send message to
> MCU to control dynamic voltage and frequency scaling for CPU, GPU and DDR.
>
> Changes from v6:
> * Fix to use lowercase for hexadecimal value in DT binding document
>
> Changes from v5:
> * Refine to use mailbox three specifiers for client driver, so add xlate
>   callback function in mailbox driver to support these specifiers
> * Refine document for property "hi6220,mbox-tx-noirq"
>
> Changes from v4:
> * According to Jassi's suggestion, using DT binding to register channels
> * Change to use operating-points-v2 to register operating points
>
> Changes from v3:
> * The patch series for enabling idle state for Hi6220 has reserved memory
>   regions, so this series will not include it anymore
> * Refined mailbox driver according to Jassi's suggestion;
>   Removed kfifo from mailbox driver;
>   Removed spinlock for ipc registers accessing, due every channel has its
>   own dedicated bit in ipc register and readl/writel will introduce memory
>   barrier, so don't need spinlock to protect ipc registers accessing
> * After mailbox driver is ready, can use patch 4 to enable CPU's OPPs and
>   stub clock driver; finally can enable CPUFreq driver for CPU frequency
>   scaling
>
> Changes from v2:
> * Get rid of unused memory regions from memory node in DT, and don't use
>   reserved-memory node according to Mark and Leif's suggestion; Haojian also
>   has updated UEFI for efi memory info
>
> Changes from v1:
> * Correct lock usage for SMP scenario
>
> Changes from RFC:
> * According to Jassi's review, totally remove the abstract common driver
>   layer and only commit driver dedicated for Hi6220
> * According to Paul Bolle's review, fix typo issue for Kconfig and remove
>   unnecessary dependency with OF and fix minor for mailbox driver
> * Refine a little for dts nodes
>
>
> Leo Yan (4):
>   dt-bindings: mailbox: Document Hi6220 mailbox driver
>   mailbox: Hi6220: add mailbox driver
>   arm64: dts: add mailbox node for Hi6220
>   arm64: dts: add Hi6220's stub clock node
>
>  .../bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt  |  74 ++++
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi6220.dtsi          |  64 ++++
>  drivers/mailbox/Kconfig                            |   8 +
>  drivers/mailbox/Makefile                           |   2 +
>  drivers/mailbox/hi6220-mailbox.c                   | 395 +++++++++++++++++++++
>
Applied 1 & 2 to mailbox-for-next.  Patch-3&4 should go via asoc tree.

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Re: [PATCH v7 RESEND 0/4] mailbox: hisilicon: add Hi6220 mailbox driver Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 12:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v7 RESEND 0/4] mailbox: hisilicon: add Hi6220 mailbox  driver Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com> - 2016-02-27 09:00 +0100

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