RE: [PATCH V7 0/4] mailbox/firmware: imx: support SCU channel type

From: Peng Fan
Date: Tue Mar 31 2020 - 09:34:47 EST


Hi Jassi,

> Subject: [PATCH V7 0/4] mailbox/firmware: imx: support SCU channel type

Are you ok with the mailbox part?

Thanks,
Peng.

>
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx>
>
> V7:
> Per Leonard's comments, added check for TE/RE Passed test from
> Leonard's https://github.com/cdleonard/imx-scu-test
>
> V6:
> Add Oleksij's R-b tag
> Patch 3/4, per
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> should use %zu for printk sizeof
>
> V5:
> Move imx_mu_dcfg below imx_mu_priv
> Add init hooks to imx_mu_dcfg
> drop __packed __aligned
> Add more debug msg
> code style cleanup
>
> V4:
> Drop IMX_MU_TYPE_[GENERIC, SCU]
> Pack MU chans init to separate function Add separate function for SCU
> chans init and xlate Add santity check to msg hdr.size Limit SCU MU chans
> to 6, TX0/RX0/RXDB[0-3]
>
> V3:
> Rebase to Shawn's for-next
> Include fsl,imx8-mu-scu compatible
> Per Oleksij's comments, introduce generic tx/rx and added scu mu type
> Check fsl,imx8-mu-scu in firmware driver for fast_ipc
>
> V2:
> Drop patch 1/3 which added fsl,scu property Force to use scu channel type
> when machine has node compatible "fsl,imx-scu"
> Force imx-scu to use fast_ipc
>
> I not found a generic method to make SCFW message generic enough, SCFW
> message is not fixed length including TX and RX. And it use TR0/RR0
> interrupt.
>
> V1:
> Sorry to bind the mailbox/firmware patch together. This is make it to
> understand what changed to support using 1 TX and 1 RX channel for SCFW
> message.
>
> Per i.MX8QXP Reference mannual, there are several message using examples.
> One of them is:
> Passing short messages: Transmit register(s) can be used to pass short
> messages from one to four words in length. For example, when a four-word
> message is desired, only one of the registers needs to have its corresponding
> interrupt enable bit set at the receiver side.
>
> This patchset is to using this for SCFW message to replace four TX and four RX
> method.
>
> Peng Fan (4):
> dt-bindings: mailbox: imx-mu: add SCU MU support
> mailbox: imx: restructure code to make easy for new MU
> mailbox: imx: add SCU MU support
> firmware: imx-scu: Support one TX and one RX
>
> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/fsl,mu.txt | 2 +
> drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu.c | 54 +++-
> drivers/mailbox/imx-mailbox.c | 288
> +++++++++++++++++----
> 3 files changed, 281 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: e506dba69a5e9aaff20fd73a108639f84e2c39d9
> --
> 2.16.4