On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> This patch adds ARM MHU specific mailbox interface for SCMI. >> >> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> > > This clearly needs an explanation why we need another driver. > Yes the patch needs explanation which is that we need a shim layer to map SCMI requests onto what the underlying controller expects. The alternative was to clone the controller driver (MHU now and others later when their platforms support SCMI) and pretend SCMI is the only client they are ever going to serve. BTW, I haven't reviewed this patchset yet so I am not sure about this code but I do believe we need a transport layer (this shim driver) between generic SCMI implementation and each controller driver. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
