From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] drivers: hwspinlock: add framework Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:34:54 +0100 Message-ID: <201102011634.54762.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1296470024-26854-1-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> <1296470024-26854-2-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1296470024-26854-2-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Ohad Ben-Cohen Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Greg KH , Tony Lindgren , Benoit Cousson , Grant Likely , Suman Anna , Kevin Hilman , Paul Walmsley , Hari Kanigeri , Simon Que List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org On Monday 31 January 2011, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote: > Add a platform-independent hwspinlock framework. > > Hardware spinlock devices are needed, e.g., in order to access data > that is shared between remote processors, that otherwise have no > alternative mechanism to accomplish synchronization and mutual exclusion > operations. > > Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen > Cc: Hari Kanigeri > Cc: Benoit Cousson > Cc: Kevin Hilman > Cc: Grant Likely > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Paul Walmsley > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:34:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] drivers: hwspinlock: add framework In-Reply-To: <1296470024-26854-2-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> References: <1296470024-26854-1-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> <1296470024-26854-2-git-send-email-ohad@wizery.com> Message-ID: <201102011634.54762.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Monday 31 January 2011, Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote: > Add a platform-independent hwspinlock framework. > > Hardware spinlock devices are needed, e.g., in order to access data > that is shared between remote processors, that otherwise have no > alternative mechanism to accomplish synchronization and mutual exclusion > operations. > > Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen > Cc: Hari Kanigeri > Cc: Benoit Cousson > Cc: Kevin Hilman > Cc: Grant Likely > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Paul Walmsley > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann