From: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
To: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Allen Hubbe <allenbh@gmail.com>, Tom Joseph <tjoseph@cadence.com>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, PCI <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-ntb@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] Implement NTB Controller using multiple PCI EP
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 10:11:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL_JsqKxe5FtZfiQKcQFFLOM5F52kx-q8vZspPTXhcWg+3rJvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200514145927.17555-1-kishon@ti.com>
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:59 AM Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> wrote:
>
> This series is about implementing SW defined NTB using
> multiple endpoint instances. This series has been tested using
> 2 endpoint instances in J7 connected to two DRA7 boards. However there
> is nothing platform specific for the NTB functionality.
>
> This was presented in Linux Plumbers Conference. The presentation
> can be found @ [1]
I'd like to know why putting this into DT is better than configfs.
Does it solve some problem? Doing things in userspace is so much
easier and more flexible than modifying and updating a DT.
I don't really think the PCI endpoint stuff is mature enough to be
putting into DT either.
Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-22 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-14 14:59 [PATCH 00/19] Implement NTB Controller using multiple PCI EP Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 01/19] dt-bindings: PCI: Endpoint: Add DT bindings for PCI EPF NTB Device Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-15 2:38 ` Rob Herring
2020-05-22 5:53 ` Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 02/19] Documentation: PCI: Add specification for the *PCI NTB* function device Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 03/19] PCI: endpoint: Add API to get reference to EPC from device-tree Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 04/19] PCI: endpoint: Add API to create EPF device from device tree Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 05/19] PCI: endpoint: Add "pci-epf-bus" driver Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 06/19] PCI: endpoint: Make *_get_first_free_bar() take into account 64 bit BAR Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 07/19] PCI: endpoint: Add helper API to get the 'next' unreserved BAR Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 08/19] PCI: endpoint: Make *_free_bar() to return error codes on failure Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 09/19] PCI: endpoint: Remove unused pci_epf_match_device() Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 10/19] PCI: endpoint: Make pci_epf_driver ops optional Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 11/19] PCI: endpoint: Add helper API to populate header with values from DT Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 12/19] PCI: endpoint: Add support to associate secondary EPC with EPF Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 13/19] PCI: endpoint: Add pci_epc_ops to map MSI irq Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 14/19] PCI: cadence: Implement ->msi_map_irq() ops Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 15/19] PCI: endpoint: Add EP function driver to provide NTB functionality Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 16/19] PCI: Add TI J721E device to pci ids Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 17/19] NTB: Add support for EPF PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 18/19] NTB: tool: Enable the NTB/PCIe link on the local or remote side of bridge Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-14 14:59 ` [PATCH 19/19] NTB: ntb_perf/ntb_tool: Use PCI device for dma_alloc_coherent() Kishon Vijay Abraham I
2020-05-22 16:11 ` Rob Herring [this message]
2020-05-23 1:47 ` [PATCH 00/19] Implement NTB Controller using multiple PCI EP Kishon Vijay Abraham I
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