linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uio: pruss: Deprecate use of this driver

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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:36:46 -0500
From: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
To: Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jason Kridner <jkridner@...gleboard.org>,
        Drew
 Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio: pruss: Deprecate use of this driver

On 3/26/24 12:24 PM, Matthijs van Duin wrote:
> I'll write a more in-depth reply when I have a moment, but right now I'd
> like to point out that the uio-pruss driver in mainline linux is for the
> pru subsystem on the freon/primus family of ARM9-based SoCs (OMAP-L1xx /
> AM17xx / AM18xx / TMS320C674x / DA8xx), which is not currently supported
> by remoteproc-pru.
> 

I'll wait for your full reply, but a quick note, for those devices listed
this driver isn't usable either after they all moved to DT. As this driver
never got a DT port and relies on platform data (which is gone for those
couple devices).

Andrew