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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:16:35 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: Jung Daehwan <dh10.jung@...sung.com> Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>, "open list:USB XHCI DRIVER" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Howard Yen <howardyen@...gle.com>, Jack Pham <jackp@...eaurora.org>, Puma Hsu <pumahsu@...gle.com>, "J . Avila" <elavila@...gle.com>, sc.suh@...sung.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] support USB offload feature On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 07:06:31PM +0900, Jung Daehwan wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:32:25AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 06:24:09PM +0900, Jung Daehwan wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 10:14:23AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 05:59:50PM +0900, Daehwan Jung wrote: > > > > > This patchset is for USB offload feature, which makes Co-processor to use > > > > > some memories of xhci. Especially it's useful for USB Audio scenario. > > > > > Audio stream would get shortcut because Co-processor directly write/read > > > > > data in xhci memories. It could get speed-up using faster memory like SRAM. > > > > > That's why this gives vendors flexibilty of memory management. > > > > > Several pathches have been merged in AOSP kernel(android12-5.10) and I put > > > > > together and split into 3 patches. Plus let me add user(xhci-exynos) > > > > > module to see how user could use it. > > > > > > > > > > To sum up, it's for providing xhci memories to Co-Processor. > > > > > It would cover DCBAA, Device Context, Transfer Ring, Event Ring, ERST. > > > > > It needs xhci hooks and to export some xhci symbols. > > > > > > > > > > Changes in v2 : > > > > > - Fix commit message by adding Signed-off-by in each patch. > > > > > - Fix conflict on latest. > > > > > > > > > > Changes in v3 : > > > > > - Remove export symbols and xhci hooks which xhci-exynos don't need. > > > > > - Modify commit message to clarify why it needs to export symbols. > > > > > - Check compiling of xhci-exynos. > > > > > > > > As I asked for in the previous submission, you MUST have a user for > > > > these hooks, otherwise we can not accept them (nor would you WANT us to > > > > accept them). Please fix that up and add them to the next submission as > > > > we can not do anything with this one. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > > > > > > > Hi greg, > > > > > > I've submitted the user(xhci-exynos) together on the last patch of the patchset. > > > You can see xhci-exynos uses these hooks and symbols. > > > > > > [PATCH v3 4/4] usb: host: add xhci-exynos driver > > > > Then this is not "offload" hooks at all. They are merely "support > > another xhci platform driver, right? > > Yes, right. > > > > > I see a lot of exports and function hooks added, are they _ALL_ used by > > the xhci driver? If so, please reword this series as it is not very > > obvious at all what you are doing. > > Yes, they are all used by the xhci driver. Is it OK for me to use "xhci-exynos" > instead of "USB offload" on series like below? > > [v3, 0/4] add xhci-exynos driver > > This patchset is for support xhci-exynos driver.... > .... > > usb: host: export symbols for xhci-exynos to use xhci hooks > usb: host: add xhci hooks for xhci-exynos > usb: host: add some to xhci overrides for xhci-exynos > usb: host: add xhci-exynos driver Yes, that makes much more sense. What would you want to see if you had to review such a series? thanks, greg k-h
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