linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 06/10] mailbox: add CIX mailbox driver

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Message-ID: <20250415-beryl-malamute-of-kindness-7fba06@sudeepholla>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:39:21 +0100
From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To: Peter Chen <peter.chen@...tech.com>
Cc: soc@...nel.org, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
	conor+dt@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
	arnd@...db.de, jassisinghbrar@...il.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cix-kernel-upstream@...tech.com,
	maz@...nel.org, kajetan.puchalski@....com,
	Guomin Chen <Guomin.Chen@...tech.com>,
	Gary Yang <gary.yang@...tech.com>,
	Lihua Liu <Lihua.Liu@...tech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 06/10] mailbox: add CIX mailbox driver

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:27:20PM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> From: Guomin Chen <Guomin.Chen@...tech.com>
> 
> The CIX mailbox controller, used in the Cix SoCs, like sky1.
> facilitates message transmission between multiple processors
> within the SoC, such as the AP, PM, audio DSP, SensorHub MCU,
> and others.
> 

Do you have a specification for this mailbox ?
I see lot of resemblance with Arm MHUv3. Is this a variant of it ?
I just don't want to see a separate driver for a small tweak of MHU v3 IP
itself.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep