RE: about ArmChina NPU driver upstream

From: Dejia Shang
Date: Tue Mar 19 2024 - 04:51:36 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2024年3月19日 15:28
> To: Dejia Shang <Dejia.Shang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: about ArmChina NPU driver upstream
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024, at 05:09, Dejia Shang wrote:
> > Dear Kernel Maintainers,
> >
> > I am a driver developer and plan to upstream the ArmChina NPU driver to
> kernel.
>
> Great!
>
> > I think char-misc is suitable for upstreaming. However, I also find an
> > accelerator subsystem for AI/ML computing devices (drivers/accel/).
> > So...which one should I choose?
>
> New drivers should be in drivers/accel/

OK.

> > In fact, 2 years ago, I submitted a patch series of this driver to
> > char-misc
> >
> (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/YbnIYJuf6Ia297He@xxxxxxxxx/T/#
> m36c62fa5a18f12368b33ca5d61a210fd84f0e762).
> > Now, in the new version, I fix some bugs, add supports to new NPU h/w
> > architectures, and fix the issues Rob Herring commented in dt-bindings.
>
> Sounds good. As any new driver, it will likely have to go through at least a
> couple of revisions, so make sure to post new revisions after addressing the
> comments you get. Please also keep the relevant mailing lists (linux-kernel,
> dri-devel, linux-arm-kernel) on Cc when discussing this in the future.
>
> Arnd

Thanks for your kind reply and reminder! I will Cc those lists in the future~

Dejia
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