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Date:   Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:14:46 +0530
From:   Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@...eaurora.org>
To:     Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>
Cc:     Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...omium.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, robh@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-media-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/5] venus: firmware: add routine to reset ARM9

Hi Stanimir,

On 2018-10-01 20:00, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 09/20/2018 06:31 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:55 AM Vikash Garodia 
>> <vgarodia@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2018-09-19 20:30, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> On 09/19/2018 10:32 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:43 AM Vikash Garodia
>>>>> <vgarodia@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Add routine to reset the ARM9 and brings it out of reset. Also
>>>>>> abstract the Venus CPU state handling with a new function. This
>>>>>> is in preparation to add PIL functionality in venus driver.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@...eaurora.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.h         |  2 ++
>>>>>>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c     | 33
>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.h     | 11 ++++++++
>>>>>>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus.c    | 13 +++-------
>>>>>>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus_io.h |  7 +++++
>>>>>>  5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.h
>>>>>> b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.h
>>>>>> index 2f02365..dfd5c10 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.h
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/core.h
>>>>>> @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct venus_caps {
>>>>>>   * @dev:               convenience struct device pointer
>>>>>>   * @dev_dec:   convenience struct device pointer for decoder 
>>>>>> device
>>>>>>   * @dev_enc:   convenience struct device pointer for encoder 
>>>>>> device
>>>>>> + * @no_tz:     a flag that suggests presence of trustzone
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looks like it suggests the absence of trustzone?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Actually I would rename it as use_tz and set it if TrustZone is 
>>>>> used.
>>>>> This would avoid double-negative statements like what we see below.
>>>> 
>>>> I find this suggestion reasonable.
>>> 
>>> Initially i planned to keep it as a positive flag. The reason behind
>>> keeping it
>>> as no_tz was to keep the default value of this flag to 0 indicating 
>>> tz
>>> is present
>>> by default.
>>> I can switch it to use_tz though and set it in firmware_init after 
>>> the
>>> presence of
>>> firmware node is checked.
>> 
>> Making sure the flag is explicitly initialized instead of relying on
>> default initialization is another good reason to have that change
>> IMHO. :)
> 
> Vikash, care to send a new version, or will fix that with follow up 
> patches?

I will provide a new series with the suggested change.

Thanks,
Vikash