Re: [PATCH v16 0/5] Mediatek MT8173 CMDQ support

From: Horng-Shyang Liao
Date: Fri Nov 11 2016 - 04:35:14 EST


On Fri, 2016-11-11 at 11:15 +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Horng-Shyang Liao <hs.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-11-01 at 19:28 +0800, HS Liao wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> This is Mediatek MT8173 Command Queue(CMDQ) driver. The CMDQ is used
> >> to help write registers with critical time limitation, such as
> >> updating display configuration during the vblank. It controls Global
> >> Command Engine (GCE) hardware to achieve this requirement.
> >>
> >> These patches have a build dependency on top of v4.9-rc1.
> >>
> >> Changes since v15:
> >> - separate "suspend and resume" patch from "save energy" patch
> >> - don't stop running tasks in cmdq_suspend()
> >> (i.e. leave no running tasks guarantee to clients)
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> HS Liao
> >>
> >> HS Liao (5):
> >> dt-bindings: soc: Add documentation for the MediaTek GCE unit
> >> CMDQ: Mediatek CMDQ driver
> >> arm64: dts: mt8173: Add GCE node
> >> CMDQ: suspend and resume
> >> CMDQ: save energy
> >>
> >> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mtk-gce.txt | 43 ++
> >> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi | 10 +
> >> drivers/mailbox/Kconfig | 10 +
> >> drivers/mailbox/Makefile | 2 +
> >> drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c | 632 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >> drivers/soc/mediatek/Kconfig | 11 +
> >> drivers/soc/mediatek/Makefile | 1 +
> >> drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c | 310 ++++++++++
> >> include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.h | 67 +++
> >> include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h | 182 ++++++
> >> 10 files changed, 1268 insertions(+)
> >> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mtk-gce.txt
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c
> >> create mode 100644 drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq-helper.c
> >> create mode 100644 include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.h
> >> create mode 100644 include/linux/soc/mediatek/mtk-cmdq.h
> >>
> >
> >
> > Hi Jassi, Matthias,
> >
> > Sorry to disturb you.
> >
> No, you don't disturb, but the controller driver and protocol driver,
> introduced in the same patch, does :) So does the suspend/resume
> support (patch 4&5) added separately as a patch on top. Please
> reorganise the patchset.
>
> Thanks.

Hi Jassi,

Do you mean
1. split controller driver and protocol driver as two patches,
2. merge patch 4&5 into one patch, and
3. reorganize the patchset as "(1) binding doc (2) controller driver
(3) protocol driver (4) devicetree (5) energy patch" ?

Thanks,
HS