RE: [PATCH v8 2/4] dt-bindings: mailbox: imx-mu: add generic MU channel support

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Hi Jassi,

> > +               The doorbell channels should be used with shared memory and
> protocol
> > +               level acknowledgment if needed.
> > +
> I would avoid this. People might get notions that they have to use shmem
> with doorbell -- a trivial protocol might mean doing some fixed action (like
> reset) whenever the doorbell rings.
>

That's right.
i.MX8 using the general purpose interrupt for peripherals. No shmem needed.
e.g. RTC, Watchdog and ON/OFF interrupt.

BTW, this means the peripheral will use mailbox doorbell channels to handle
Interrupts. Is there such user case in kernel we can refer to?

> 
> > +Optional properties:
> > +-------------------
> > +- clocks :     phandle to the input clock.
> > +- fsl,mu-side-b : Should be set for side B MU.
> >
> Nit: can we call this 'fsl,no-init' ?

Fsl,mu-side-b is more describing HW.

Regards
Dong Aisheng
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