linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Qualcomm Resource Power Manager driver

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Message-ID: <20140602100101.GW5099@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:01:01 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn@...o.se>, Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Josh Cartwright <joshc@...eaurora.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Qualcomm Resource Power Manager driver

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:15:24AM +0300, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:

> > Lately I've been working on rpm, rpm-smd, smem, smd, smsm, smp2p
> > patches for mainline.
> > It could be argued that smd is a bus and should go in drivers/bus, but
> > for the rest I fear that we just created drivers/soc/qcom as another
> > dumping ground for things; a "Qualcomm specific drivers/mfd".

> Do we have some obstacles to not use a "common mailbox framework" for
> this IPC (shared memory) communication. It looks that it fits very well
> with our needs for this rpm-regulator and future submitting of smd driver?

Jassi (CCed) has been working on just such a thing.

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