Re: [RFC PATCH 5/9] cxl/mem: Find device capabilities

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On 11/11/20 12:43 AM, Ben Widawsky wrote:

+		case CXL_CAPABILITIES_CAP_ID_SECONDARY_MAILBOX:
+			dev_dbg(&cxlm->pdev->dev,
+				   "found UNSUPPORTED Secondary Mailbox capability\n");

Per spec, the secondary mailbox is intended for use by platform firmware, so Linux should never be using it anyway. Maybe that message is slightly misleading?

Jon.

P.S. Related - I've severe doubts about the mailbox approach being proposed by CXL and have begun to push back through the spec org.

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