From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B0ECC2B9F4 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C441611AB for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235922AbhFNLsS (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:48:18 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47274 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236310AbhFNLrR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:47:17 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 544B0C061574 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:44:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=tER/9yntskfsYogplE2UHT4/vwtYhzr4VR/dY/qdVM8=; b=B4dNlMd7n3ZdsQUA7uiwxajkWN RVQzR1mW9siJ4BN91NHDdVQpiyw763JpbznjXtkj34vQLwTId3IF1HFPgzX2Q8thstZtuTNbdUabg povYqKd8eHLH1np7mG+s76KQDLk8fp7Z/W5afpMQlwD4+Ll1hHLT7crV6IbFpVZZNtq1c62Mi1cNg nh0lLdCRQ16L8wTC+yKKpZYbCUyfbXt51ERWGC6nJNnqJzyr+atsfgnv3SfcdpLBryAeDp2ewJoMY 0CwpWNFkg1FwrZqITsGv9yQJuc/amquo8TEIQOaqGrhm1HJqe/jUG/JpOIxDa1P7uMYeuSWppMhBH q7dLiYGA==; Received: from hch by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lsl0S-005N7K-G0; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:43:55 +0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:43:52 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Cristian Marussi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, sudeep.holla@arm.com, james.quinlan@broadcom.com, Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, etienne.carriere@linaro.org, vincent.guittot@linaro.org, souvik.chakravarty@arm.com, igor.skalkin@opensynergy.com, peter.hilber@opensynergy.com, alex.bennee@linaro.org, jean-philippe@linaro.org, mikhail.golubev@opensynergy.com, anton.yakovlev@opensynergy.com, Vasyl.Vavrychuk@opensynergy.com, Andriy.Tryshnivskyy@opensynergy.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Introduce SCMI VirtIO transport Message-ID: References: <20210611165937.701-1-cristian.marussi@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210611165937.701-1-cristian.marussi@arm.com> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 05:59:21PM +0100, Cristian Marussi wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm posting this V4 series starting from the work done up to V3 by > OpenSynergy. Who is 'OpenSynergy'? > The main aim of this rework is to simplify where possible the SCMI VirtIO > support added in V3 by adding upfront and then using some new mechanisms in > the SCMI Core Transport layer. And what is 'SCMI', and why would anyone want a new virtio transport?