[PATCH v2] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_RPMSG_TTY

[PATCH v2] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_RPMSG_TTY

[Arnaud Pouliquen]

The RPMsg TTY implements an inter-processor communication with a standard
TTY interface on top of the RPMsg framework.
This driver is a generic RPMsg client that can run on different platforms.

By enabling the RPMSG_TTY driver as module in multi_v7_defconfig, it makes
possible to automatically probe the rpmsg_tty driver by the RPMsg bus,
when the support of the RPMsg service is dynamically requested by the
co-processor firmware.

Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
---
delta vs V1:
add
---
 arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
index c951aeed2138..370ca4ae3981 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/multi_v7_defconfig
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_ST_ASC_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_STM32=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_STM32_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_OWL=y
+CONFIG_RPMSG_TTY=m
 CONFIG_SERIAL_DEV_BUS=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_ASPEED_KCS_IPMI_BMC=m
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_RPMSG_TTY

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 05:11:55PM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
> The RPMsg TTY implements an inter-processor communication with a standard
> TTY interface on top of the RPMsg framework.
> This driver is a generic RPMsg client that can run on different platforms.
> 
> By enabling the RPMSG_TTY driver as module in multi_v7_defconfig, it makes
> possible to automatically probe the rpmsg_tty driver by the RPMsg bus,
> when the support of the RPMsg service is dynamically requested by the
> co-processor firmware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
> ---
> delta vs V1:
> add
> ---

"add"?  What does that mean?

Do all v7 chips have this hardware?

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_RPMSG_TTY

[Arnaud POULIQUEN]

On 12/20/21 5:58 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 05:11:55PM +0100, Arnaud Pouliquen wrote:
>> The RPMsg TTY implements an inter-processor communication with a standard
>> TTY interface on top of the RPMsg framework.
>> This driver is a generic RPMsg client that can run on different platforms.
>>
>> By enabling the RPMSG_TTY driver as module in multi_v7_defconfig, it makes
>> possible to automatically probe the rpmsg_tty driver by the RPMsg bus,
>> when the support of the RPMsg service is dynamically requested by the
>> co-processor firmware.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
>> ---
>> delta vs V1:
>> add
>> ---
> 
> "add"?  What does that mean?

Oops, sorry, part of my sentence has disappeared
"Add more description in commit message to detail the objective ".

> 
> Do all v7 chips have this hardware?

I would say yes and no

No - As mainly used today for hardware system integrating a main and a
coprocessor in a single chip.

Yes - as that depends on the RPMsg back-end

The RPMsg is divided in 3 layers
 - the service layer that implement a service on top of the RPmsg
	A parallel could be done between this layer and the Virtio devices such
	as the "Virtio-Console".
	=> the rpmsg _tty is part of this layer
	=> rpmsg_char is another one ( already enabled in some configs)

 - the transport layer in charge of the RPmsg protocol
 - the back-end layer that is the hardware abstraction layer
	- The main back-end used is the RPMsg VirtIO back-end which implements
	  the RPMSg over VirtIO.
	- There are also some platform specific backends (e.g. QCOM, MediaTek)
	- We have also some demos that implement the RPMsg protocol on top of a
	  serial link back-end allowing communication with an external
	  processor. Not up-streamed yet.

Thanks,
Arnaud

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
>