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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>,
	Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
	Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-soc@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	syadagir@codeaurora.org, mjavid@codeaurora.org,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/12] soc: qcom: ipa: IPA register abstraction
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:42:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1RKVYRhM7OtUK3BhPj=jip2-j_8ziW_6Z5rnhFCTOOUw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e9114caf-0c92-7cac-33cd-6bea548b0375@linaro.org>

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 6:48 PM Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/7/18 9:00 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:33 AM Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..5e0aa6163235
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,972 @@

> It may be that this parse/construct mechanism isn't justified
> at this point.  I thought the way it presented a generic
> interface was useful, but with just one (initial) hardware
> target we don't (yet) realize its potential benefit.  It could
> be added back later, as support for new versions is added.
>
> As of now I don't plan to change this, but if you or someone
> else feels it would be better without it I can do that.

Fair enough. I do think that it would be better to avoid this, but
it's much less important than the other issues I mentioned,
so please put this on the bottom of your priorities list, we
can talk about it again when we get closer to merging the driver.

     Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/12] soc: qcom: ipa: IPA register abstraction
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:42:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1RKVYRhM7OtUK3BhPj=jip2-j_8ziW_6Z5rnhFCTOOUw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e9114caf-0c92-7cac-33cd-6bea548b0375@linaro.org>

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 6:48 PM Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/7/18 9:00 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:33 AM Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..5e0aa6163235
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_reg.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,972 @@

> It may be that this parse/construct mechanism isn't justified
> at this point.  I thought the way it presented a generic
> interface was useful, but with just one (initial) hardware
> target we don't (yet) realize its potential benefit.  It could
> be added back later, as support for new versions is added.
>
> As of now I don't plan to change this, but if you or someone
> else feels it would be better without it I can do that.

Fair enough. I do think that it would be better to avoid this, but
it's much less important than the other issues I mentioned,
so please put this on the bottom of your priorities list, we
can talk about it again when we get closer to merging the driver.

     Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-15 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-07  0:32 [RFC PATCH 00/12] net: introduce Qualcomm IPA driver Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: add IPA bindings Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 11:50   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 11:50     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-09 22:38     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-09 22:38       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 14:59   ` Rob Herring
2018-11-07 14:59     ` Rob Herring
2018-11-09 22:38     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-09 22:38       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-11  1:40       ` Rob Herring
2018-11-11  1:40         ` Rob Herring
2018-11-11  1:40         ` Rob Herring
2018-11-13 16:28     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-13 16:28       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] soc: qcom: ipa: DMA helpers Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 12:17   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 12:17     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-13 16:33     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-13 16:33       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] soc: qcom: ipa: generic software interface Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] soc: qcom: ipa: immediate commands Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 14:36   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 14:36     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-13 16:58     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-13 16:58       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] soc: qcom: ipa: IPA interrupts and the microcontroller Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] soc: qcom: ipa: QMI modem communication Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] soc: qcom: ipa: IPA register abstraction Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 15:00   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 15:00     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-15  2:48     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-15  2:48       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-15 14:42       ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2018-11-15 14:42         ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 08/12] soc: qcom: ipa: utility functions Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] soc: qcom: ipa: main IPA source file Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 14:08   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 14:08     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-15  3:11     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-15  3:11       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] soc: qcom: ipa: data path Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 14:55   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 14:55     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-15  3:31     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-15  3:31       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-15 14:48       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-15 14:48         ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] soc: qcom: ipa: IPA rmnet interface Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 13:30   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 13:30     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 15:26   ` Dan Williams
2018-11-07 15:26     ` Dan Williams
2018-11-07  0:32 ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] soc: qcom: ipa: build and "ipa_i.h" Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:32   ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07  0:40   ` Randy Dunlap
2018-11-07  0:40     ` Randy Dunlap
2018-11-07  0:40     ` Randy Dunlap
2018-11-08 16:22     ` Alex Elder
2018-11-08 16:22       ` Alex Elder
2018-11-07 12:34   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 12:34     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 00/12] net: introduce Qualcomm IPA driver Arnd Bergmann
2018-11-07 15:46   ` Arnd Bergmann

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