From: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
To: Anup Patel <anup.patel@broadcom.com>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>,
Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>,
Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>,
Jon Mason <jonmason@broadcom.com>,
Rob Rice <rob.rice@broadcom.com>,
BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
dmaengine@vger.kernel.org,
Devicetree List <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] mailbox: Add new API mbox_channel_device() for clients
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 17:35:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABb+yY1yKnFN-6=+xhZzcYrXNBe5eATthwOoHdvDrLmQzpEZ-Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1486010836-25228-2-git-send-email-anup.patel@broadcom.com>
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Anup Patel <anup.patel@broadcom.com> wrote:
> The remote processor can have DMAENGINE capabilities and client
> can pass data to be processed via main memory. In such cases,
> the client will require DMAble memory for remote processor.
>
> This patch adds new API mbox_channel_device() which can be
> used by clients to get struct device pointer of underlying
> mailbox controller. This struct device pointer of mailbox
> controller can be used by clients to allocate DMAble memory
> for remote processor.
>
IIUC, DT already provides a way for what you need.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-03 12:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-02 4:47 [PATCH 0/6] Broadcom SBA RAID support Anup Patel
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 1/6] mailbox: Add new API mbox_channel_device() for clients Anup Patel
2017-02-03 12:05 ` Jassi Brar [this message]
2017-02-06 4:27 ` Anup Patel
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 2/6] lib/raid6: Add log-of-2 table for RAID6 HW requiring disk position Anup Patel
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 3/6] async_tx: Handle DMA devices having support for fewer PQ coefficients Anup Patel
2017-02-02 6:01 ` Dan Williams
2017-02-03 11:00 ` Anup Patel
[not found] ` <CAALAos8HEjPhdM0cibTVB==WsanktBx87e8b8diVsNm1EmCQHQ@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAALAos8HEjPhdM0cibTVB==WsanktBx87e8b8diVsNm1EmCQHQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-03 18:42 ` Dan Williams
2017-02-06 3:55 ` Anup Patel
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 4/6] async_tx: Fix DMA_PREP_FENCE usage in do_async_gen_syndrome() Anup Patel
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 5/6] dmaengine: Add Broadcom SBA RAID driver Anup Patel
[not found] ` <1486010836-25228-6-git-send-email-anup.patel-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-05 6:06 ` Vinod Koul
2017-02-06 12:01 ` Anup Patel
2017-02-06 16:54 ` Vinod Koul
2017-02-07 6:02 ` Anup Patel
[not found] ` <1486010836-25228-1-git-send-email-anup.patel-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-02 4:47 ` [PATCH 6/6] dt-bindings: Add DT bindings document for " Anup Patel
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