Re: [PATCH] Revert "rpmsg: smd: Create device for all channels"

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Thu Mar 15 2018 - 14:50:14 EST


Quoting Bjorn Andersson (2018-03-15 11:12:44)
> In an effort to pick up channels that are in a funky state we
> optimistically tried to open all channels that we found, with the
> addition that we failed if the other side did not handshake the opening.
>
> But as we're starting the modem a second time all channels are found -
> in a "funky" state - and we try to open them. But the modem firmware
> requires the IPCRTR to be up in order to initialize. So any channels we
> try to open before that will fail and will not be opened again.
>
> This takes care of the regression, at the cost of reintroducing the
> previous behavior of handling of channels with "funky" states.

Is it a funky chicken and egg problem between IPCRTR and smd?