linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] mailbox: add MediaTek GPUEB IPI mailbox

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Message-ID: <63be9fee-46b4-4bde-8e42-18966981f165@collabora.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:35:49 +0200
From: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@...labora.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] mailbox: add MediaTek GPUEB IPI mailbox

Il 23/09/25 13:39, Nicolas Frattaroli ha scritto:
> The MT8196 SoC uses an embedded MCU to control frequencies and power of
> the GPU. This controller is referred to as "GPUEB".
> 
> It communicates to the application processor, among other ways, through
> a mailbox.
> 
> The mailbox exposes one interrupt, which appears to only be fired when a
> response is received, rather than a transaction is completed. For us,
> this means we unfortunately need to poll for txdone.
> 
> The mailbox also requires the EB clock to be on when touching any of the
> mailbox registers.
> 
> Add a simple driver for it based on the common mailbox framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>