From: Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
olof@lixom.net, LAKML <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
linux-soc@vger.kernel.org, Aleksey Makarov <amakarov@marvell.com>,
Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>,
Lukasz Bartosik <lbartosik@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] soc: octeontx2: Add mailbox support infra
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:17:48 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+sq2CeyQ8r7bj3vK=cfriif=HhUu36ZUPWqxXm1e0DktHG+Fg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a2fgAVB0+uns9f5MH+2OyZbwvReo9j-=u3=30QoK=2Ksw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 5:33 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> 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
This is a common administrative software driver which will be handling requests
from kernel drivers and as well as drivers in userspace applications.
We had to keep
mailbox communication infrastructure same across all usages.
Thanks,
Sunil.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-28 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-28 10:57 [PATCH 00/15] soc: octeontx2: Add RVU admin function driver sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 01/15] soc: octeontx2: Add Marvell OcteonTX2 RVU AF driver sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 02/15] soc: octeontx2: Reset all RVU blocks sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 03/15] soc: octeontx2: Gather RVU blocks HW info sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 04/15] soc: octeontx2: Add mailbox support infra sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 12:47 ` Sunil Kovvuri [this message]
2018-08-28 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 13:23 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-30 13:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-30 18:36 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-31 14:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-31 17:25 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 05/15] soc: octeontx2: Add mailbox IRQ and msg handlers sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 06/15] soc: octeontx2: Convert mbox msg id check to a macro sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 07/15] soc: octeontx2: Scan blocks for LFs provisioned to PF/VF sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 08/15] soc: octeontx2: Add RVU block LF provisioning support sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 09/15] soc: octeontx2: Configure block LF's MSIX vector offset sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 10/15] soc: octeontx2: Reconfig MSIX base with IOVA sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 12:42 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 13:17 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-30 13:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-30 18:39 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 11/15] soc: octeontx2: Add Marvell OcteonTX2 CGX driver sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 12:30 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 13:09 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-30 14:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-30 17:55 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-31 14:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-31 16:00 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-31 18:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-31 18:35 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 12/15] soc: octeontx2: Set RVU PFs to CGX LMACs mapping sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 13/15] soc: octeontx2: Add support for CGX link management sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 14/15] soc: octeontx2: Register for CGX lmac events sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 10:57 ` [PATCH 15/15] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Marvell OcteonTX2 Admin Function driver sunil.kovvuri
2018-08-28 12:23 ` [PATCH 00/15] soc: octeontx2: Add RVU admin function driver Arnd Bergmann
2018-08-28 13:24 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-30 9:40 ` Sunil Kovvuri
2018-08-30 13:26 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-08-30 18:31 ` Sunil Kovvuri
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