linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: cros_ec: Add support for MKBP more event flags

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Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 11:08:10 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     egranata@...gle.com
Cc:     Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...gle.com>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...gle.com>,
        Enrico Granata <egranata@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: cros_ec: Add support for MKBP more event flags

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018, egranata@...gle.com wrote:

> From: Enrico Granata <egranata@...omium.org>
> 
> The ChromeOS EC has support for signaling to the host that
> a single IRQ can serve multiple MKBP events.
> 
> Doing this serves an optimization purpose, as it minimizes the
> number of round-trips into the interrupt handling machinery, and
> it proves beneficial to sensor timestamping as it keeps the desired
> synchronization of event times between the two processors.
> 
> This patch adds kernel support for this EC feature, allowing the
> ec_irq to loop until all events have been served.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Granata <egranata@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c                   | 20 +++++++++++++--

Looks fine, in principle:

For my own reference:
  Acked-for-MFD-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

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