From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: santosh.shilimkar@ti.com (Santosh Shilimkar) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:04:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] firmware: add Keystone QMSS PDSP accumulator firmware blob In-Reply-To: <20140925151551.GA18530@kroah.com> References: <1411654423-29480-1-git-send-email-santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> <20140925151551.GA18530@kroah.com> Message-ID: <54244B12.4010700@ti.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thursday 25 September 2014 11:15 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:13:43AM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: >> From: Sandeep Nair >> >> QMSS(Queue Manager Sub System) uses PDSPs to implement various >> QM related functions like packet accumulation, QoS or event >> management. >> >> Patch adds firmware blob for the QMSS accumulator >> functionality. >> >> Cc: Michal Marek >> Cc: Sam Ravnborg >> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman >> Cc: Kumar Gala >> Cc: Olof Johansson >> Cc: Arnd Bergmann >> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Nair >> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar >> --- >> I know we are not adding firmware to kernel and the idea is to get them >> loaded via rootfs. But this firmware is for an infrastructure component >> which is needed for Keystone. > > What does "infrastructure component" mean? > Common SOC components which are used by various subsystems like Networking, SRIO, Crypto engines etc. > What is "Keystone"? > Keystone is ARM based SOC architectures with bunch of SOC peripherals. >> The respective drivers got into the queue >> and the firmware was dropped from the series to follow the firmware tree. > > Did you submit this to the linux-firmware tree? > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl didn't give me other list. Which list am suppose to submit it to get it to linux-firmware. > Did the driver that needs this get merged into Linus's tree yet? > Its queued now for 3.18. regards, Santosh