Re: [PATCH v1 2/9] mailbox: Add NVIDIA Tegra XUSB mailbox driver

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 06/18/2014 12:16 AM, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> The Tegra XHCI controller communicates requests to the host through
> a mailbox interface.  Host drivers which can handle these requests,
> such as the Tegra XUSB pad controller driver and upcoming Tegra XHCI
> host controller driver, can send messages and register to be notified
> of incoming messages.

> diff --git a/include/linux/tegra-xusb-mbox.h b/include/linux/tegra-xusb-mbox.h

> +extern int tegra_xusb_mbox_register_notifier(struct tegra_xusb_mbox *mbox,
> +					     struct notifier_block *nb);
> +extern void tegra_xusb_mbox_unregister_notifier(struct tegra_xusb_mbox *mbox,
> +						struct notifier_block *nb);
> +extern int tegra_xusb_mbox_send(struct tegra_xusb_mbox *mbox,
> +				enum tegra_xusb_mbox_cmd cmd, u32 data);
> +extern struct tegra_xusb_mbox *
> +tegra_xusb_mbox_lookup_by_phandle(struct device_node *np, const char *prop);

This seems to use a custom API. I've seen mention of a mailbox
subsystem, and I assume that has a standardized API. Should this driver
implement that instead?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tegra" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux ARM MSM]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux