The NS announcement is implemented by several backends, but could be considered as part the RPMsg protocol. In this case it should be managed as a reserved rpmsg service and so implemented on top of the rpmsg protocol. This series introduces the rpmsg_ns driver that handles the name service announcement. The virtio backend is updated in consequence to use this service. Applies cleanly on Bjorn for-next branch (ca69dba7f13a) Main updates from V1 to V2: - Integrate Mathieu's comments: - rework the rpmsg_create_channel and rpmsg_release_channel error management. - merge patch "[9/9] rpmsg: ns: name service announcement endianness" in other pathes. V1: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-remoteproc/list/?series=327257 Arnaud Pouliquen (8): rpmsg: virtio: rename rpmsg_create_channel rpmsg: core: add channel creation internal API rpmsg: virtio: add rpmsg channel device ops rpmsg: define the name service announcement as reserved address rpmsg: introduce reserved rpmsg driver for ns announcement rpmsg: virtio: use rpmsg ns device for the ns announcement rpmsg: ns: add name service announcement service rpmsg: virtio: use rpmsg_ns driver to manage ns announcement drivers/rpmsg/Kconfig | 9 ++ drivers/rpmsg/Makefile | 1 + drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c | 45 +++++++ drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h | 32 +++++ drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 213 +++++++++---------------------- include/linux/rpmsg.h | 9 ++ 7 files changed, 332 insertions(+), 151 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_ns.c -- 2.17.1