From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=kroah.com (client-ip=66.111.4.25; helo=out1-smtp.messagingengine.com; envelope-from=greg@kroah.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="NYzO4gZy"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com (out1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3xmcCF0FDzzDqnQ for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 16:25:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F2E220964; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 02:25:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 05 Sep 2017 02:25:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-sender :x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=o6hPI0G4o8ijy8QKFn 3GuzCG2ZkLPTjV+eUNWT3KwYE=; b=NYzO4gZySxmNngJZzRX0ShHMCpm+AUKBq1 tLaLPpbXgs9x+5cZapXjTAn7Cm5yi1E99E8XNCd+wlGDU3iSYQwVbkkFO6IiWxKP sVW0QJfaKbzd0kcD5n1EX/WSTsNV6RRipYEEK0pDOJ8N6spa0CH8PMb6jEDYKgZO WDIYDHJgl2zXF6SLG/4hiU+pKHQbmxo5eiuVRndwztdzE5Pntb1Ut/BYjVKl3td1 4yg1Np4K05OFF5K1Rd5XgqguK6yc9OOEHhmMPgKP2DGI1Sa8KBNMdTPboj6CHXpo MRTUnN88Amb9wYK8o2mk+89cl0vkDTlWkNjXLJkK0TYJzPdAk5pw== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: YZ1SMKo1pFaOHZpYvUICv/EiKOyiRFxK1v1N8SCv6jY1 1504592708 Received: from localhost (lfbn-1-12253-150.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.67.150]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 27A1124081; Tue, 5 Sep 2017 02:25:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 08:25:10 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Cyril Bur Cc: Jassi Brar , Linux Kernel Mailing List , openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org, Joel Stanley Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/mailbox: Add Aspeed mailbox driver Message-ID: <20170905062510.GA16418@kroah.com> References: <20170207233623.18737-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <1504509469.4080.6.camel@gmail.com> <1504568239.7626.1.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1504568239.7626.1.camel@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.0 (2017-09-02) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:33:45 +1000 X-BeenThere: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Development list for OpenBMC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 06:25:13 -0000 On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 09:37:19AM +1000, Cyril Bur wrote: > On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 20:13 +0530, Jassi Brar wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Cyril Bur wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I haven't heard anything about this driver. I'm trying to interpret if > > > the silence is because there is something fundamentally wrong with the > > > driver or is it because it doesn't use any of the mailbox > > > infrastructure it is being ignored. > > > > > > > Its the latter. > > Great! Thanks for your response, I'll resend it under char/misc. Wait, no, please use the mailbox infrastructure for this, making a one-off char/misc driver isn't ok when there is a framework for you to use. thanks, greg k-h