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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 13:17:18 +0530 From: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org> To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> Cc: Devicetree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "ks.giri@...sung.com" <ks.giri@...sung.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, "ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk" <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>, Courtney Cavin <courtney.cavin@...ymobile.com>, Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>, Craig McGeachie <slapdau@...oo.com.au>, LeyFoon Tan <lftan.linux@...il.com>, Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...com>, "Anna, Suman" <s-anna@...com>, Ashwin Chaugule <ashwin.chaugule@...aro.org>, Bjorn Andersson <bjorn@...o.se>, Patch Tracking <patches@...aro.org>, Mollie Wu <mollie.wu@...aro.org>, Tetsuya Takinishi <t.takinishi@...fujitsu.com>, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Andy Green <andy.green@...aro.org> Subject: Re: [PATCHv10 4/4] dt: mailbox: add generic bindings On 2 August 2014 00:13, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 06:02:45PM +0530, Jassi Brar wrote: > >> +Optional property: >> +- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel >> + required by the client. The use of this property >> + is discouraged in favor of using index in list of >> + 'mboxes' while requesting a mailbox. > > Can I suggest that if we do want to avoid strings for some reason (it's > not obvious to me why) > The string and index are both to be taken from DT node of client. pwr_cntrl: power { ... mbox-names = "pwr-ctrl", "rpc"; mboxes = <&mailbox 0 &mailbox 1>; }; The xlate() will map string onto index. So rather than the client driver specify, say, "rpc" while requesting mailbox channel, it can directly specify index 1. > then we include a recommendation to provide > defines in a header file in order to improve legibility. That's pretty > minor, though. > Sorry I don't understand. > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org> > Thanks a lot! -Jassi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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