On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 15:32 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:20:51 -0800 > David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 15 2010, Niranjana Vishwanathapura wrote: > > > > > Add smd_pkt driver which provides device interface > > > to smd packet ports. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Niranjana Vishwanathapura <nvishwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/char/Kconfig | 8 + > > > drivers/char/Makefile | 2 + > > > drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c | 466 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 3 files changed, 476 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > create mode 100644 drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c > > > > Andrew, what's the proper destination for this change? Should this go > > into your tree? Is there anything you want me to do with this change? > > > > Looks OK, I grabbed it. > > I read the entire email trying to work out what an "SMD" is. Failed. > Oh well. + bool "MSM Shared Memory Driver (SMD)" + help + Support for the shared memory interface between the apps + processor and the baseband processor. Provides access to + the "shared heap", as well as virtual serial channels + used to communicate with various services on the baseband + processor. It's an an interface from the cpu running Linux, and the other processor that co-exists with the one running Linux. They need to communicate for certain reasons .. I _think_ something like sending a text message is sent by communicating over this interface, or getting the phone to dial a number, along with many other things. Thats my take on it anyway. Daniel -- Sent by a consultant of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
