Re: [RESEND PATCH V6 1/3] Documentation: remoteproc: update introduction section

[Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 09:10:14PM -0800, anish kumar wrote:
> Update the intrduction section to add key components
> provided by remote processor framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: anish kumar <yesanishhere@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst b/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
> index 348ee7e508ac..eeebbeca71de 100644
> --- a/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
> @@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ remoteproc will add those devices. This makes it possible to reuse the
>  existing virtio drivers with remote processor backends at a minimal development
>  cost.
>  
> +The primary purpose of the remoteproc framework is to download firmware
> +for remote processors and manage their lifecycle. The framework consists
> +of several key components:
> +
> +- **Character Driver**: Provides userspace access to control the remote
> +  processor.
> +- **ELF Utility**: Offers functions for handling ELF files and managing
> +  resources requested by the remote processor.
> +- **Remoteproc Core**: Manages firmware downloads and recovery actions
> +  in case of a remote processor crash.
> +- **Coredump**: Provides facilities for coredumping and tracing from
> +  the remote processor in the event of a crash.
> +- **Userspace Interaction**: Uses sysfs and debugfs to manage the
> +  lifecycle and status of the remote processor.
> +- **Virtio Support**: Facilitates interaction with the virtio and
> +  rpmsg bus.

Some of the above is either inaccurate or incomplete.  It would be fairly time
consuming for me to point out where the problems are, especially since I don't
see a lot of value in adding this section.

> +
>  User API
>  ========
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
>