linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] mailbox: add MediaTek GPUEB IPI mailbox

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Message-ID: <69c4f96b-8f47-493f-a236-5338c34dc100@collabora.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:50:08 +0200
From: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@...labora.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/10] mailbox: add MediaTek GPUEB IPI mailbox

Il 17/09/25 14:22, Nicolas Frattaroli ha scritto:
> The MT8196 SoC uses an embedded MCU to control frequencies and power of
> the GPU. This controller is referred to as "GPUEB".
> 
> It communicates to the application processor, among other ways, through
> a mailbox.
> 
> The mailbox exposes one interrupt, which appears to only be fired when a
> response is received, rather than a transaction is completed. For us,
> this means we unfortunately need to poll for txdone.
> 
> The mailbox also requires the EB clock to be on when touching any of the
> mailbox registers.
> 
> Add a simple driver for it based on the common mailbox framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>