Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM SMC/HVC mailbox

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Fri Aug 30 2019 - 05:32:31 EST


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 02:52:40AM -0500, Jassi Brar wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 2:37 AM Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> >
> > If I get your point correctly,
> > On UP, both could not be active. On SMP, tx/rx could be both active, anyway
> > this depends on secure firmware and Linux firmware design.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions about arm,func-ids here?
> >
> I was thinking if this is just an instruction, why can't each channel
> be represented as a controller, i.e, have exactly one func-id per
> controller node. Define as many controllers as you need channels ?
>

I might have missed to follow this, but what's the advantage of doing so ?
Which can't single controller instance deal with all the channels ?

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Regards,
Sudeep