Re: [PATCH] OMAP3 ROM Random Number Generator support

["Ивайло Димитров" <freemangordon@abv.bg>]

 It could be that I am misreading something, but RX51 is OMAP3.

Regards,
Ivo


 >-------- Оригинално писмо --------
 >От:  Tony Lindgren 
 >Относно: Re: [PATCH] OMAP3 ROM Random Number Generator support
 >До: Ивайло Димитров 
 >Изпратено на: Понеделник, 2013, Април 1 19:59:50 EEST
 >
 >
 >* Ивайло Димитров  [130331 05:10]:
 >>  
 >> Hi Pali,
 >> 
 >> Yep, the code looks almost identical, I guess with some tweaks all SMC code from that patch could be removed and instead used the one from SMC PPA API. 
 >> 
 >> What I don't get, is why one needs to disable/enable fiqs/irqs:
 >> 
 >> +static int call_sec_rom(u32 appl_id, u32 proc_id, u32 flag, ...)
 >> +{
 >> +	va_list ap;
 >> +	u32 ret;
 >> +	u32 val;
 >> +
 >> +	va_start(ap, flag);
 >> +	val = *(u32 *) ≈
 >> +	local_irq_disable();
 >> +	local_fiq_disable();
 >> +	ret = omap3_rom_rng_call(appl_id, proc_id, flag,
 >> +				 (u32) virt_to_phys((void *) val));
 >> +	local_fiq_enable();
 >> +	local_irq_enable();
 >> +	va_end(ap);
 >> +
 >> +	return ret;
 >> +}
 >> 
 >> Do you have any idea why is that needed? Any other code I've ever seen to call SM, does not disable fiqs/irqs, is RNG SMC somehow special? I know this is Nokia's code, but still, if we can get some understanding...
 >
 >Sounds like the fiq handling can be dropped based on what
 >the TI guys posted recently about FIQs only be available in
 >the secure mode starting with omap2.
 >
 >Regards,
 >
 >Tony
 >
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