On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 06:09:50AM +0000, yuji2.ishikawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Greg > > Thank you for your comments. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 9:47 PM > > To: ishikawa yuji(石川 悠司 ○ＲＤＣ□ＡＩＴＣ○ＥＡ開) > > <yuji2.ishikawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>; Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>; > > iwamatsu nobuhiro(岩松 信洋 □ＳＷＣ◯ＡＣＴ) > > <nobuhiro1.iwamatsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>; > > Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>; Christian König > > <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linaro-mm-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing > > accelerator driver > > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 05:28:53PM +0900, Yuji Ishikawa wrote: > > > This series is the DNN image processing accelerator driver for Toshiba's ARM > > SoC, Visconti[0]. > > > This provides DT binding documentation, device driver, MAINTAINER files > > and documents. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Yuji > > > > > > [0]: > > > > > https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/semiconductor/product/image- > > > recognition-processors-visconti.html > > > > > > dt-bindings: soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing > > accelerator bindings > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - No update > > > > > > soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti image processing accelerator common > > source > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - checked with checkpatch.pl --strict > > > > > > soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing accelerator > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - checked with checkpatch.pl --strict > > > - removed unused code > > > > > > MAINTAINERS: Add entries for Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - No update > > > > > > Documentation: driver-api: visconti: add a description of DNN driver. > > > v1 -> v2: > > > - newly added documents > > > > > > Yuji Ishikawa (5): > > > dt-bindings: soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing > > > accelerator bindings > > > soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti image processing accelerator > > > common source > > > soc: visconti: Add Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing accelerator > > > MAINTAINERS: Add entries for Toshiba Visconti DNN image processing > > > accelerator > > > Documentation: driver-api: visconti: add a description of DNN driver. > > > > > > .../soc/visconti/toshiba,visconti-dnn.yaml | 54 ++ > > > Documentation/driver-api/visconti/common.rst | 115 ++++ > > > Documentation/driver-api/visconti/dnn.rst | 394 +++++++++++++ > > > MAINTAINERS | 2 + > > > drivers/soc/Kconfig | 1 + > > > drivers/soc/Makefile | 1 + > > > drivers/soc/visconti/Kconfig | 7 + > > > drivers/soc/visconti/Makefile | 8 + > > > drivers/soc/visconti/dnn/Makefile | 6 + > > > drivers/soc/visconti/dnn/dnn.c | 523 > > ++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/dnn/hwd_dnn.c | 183 ++++++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/dnn/hwd_dnn.h | 68 +++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/dnn/hwd_dnn_reg.h | 228 ++++++++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/ipa_common.c | 55 ++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/ipa_common.h | 18 + > > > drivers/soc/visconti/uapi/dnn.h | 77 +++ > > > drivers/soc/visconti/uapi/ipa.h | 90 +++ > > > > Why is this in drivers/soc/? > > Actually, I'm not sure where his module should live in. > The directory drivers/soc were chosen just because the driver is specific to Visconti SoC. > Is it better to move the driver to another directory such as drivers/misc ? Yes please start out in drivers/misc/ unless we find a better place for it. thanks, greg k-h
