From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Cc: Maxime Ripard
<maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
arm-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-sunxi-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Chen-Yu Tsai <wens-jdAy2FN1RRM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] drivers: soc: sunxi: Introduce SoC driver to map SRAMs
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:58:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4341126.tsXmi47bFP@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1433149466-17013-1-git-send-email-maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
On Monday 01 June 2015 11:04:26 Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The Allwinner SoCs have a handful of SRAM that can be either mapped to be
> accessible by devices or the CPU.
>
> That mapping is controlled by an SRAM controller, and that mapping might
> not be set by the bootloader, for example if the device wasn't used at all,
> or if we're using solutions like the U-Boot's Falcon Boot.
>
> We could also imagine changing this at runtime for example to change the
> mapping of these SRAMs to use them for suspend/resume or runtime memory
> rate change, if that ever happens.
>
> These use cases require some API in the kernel to control that mapping,
> exported through a drivers/soc driver.
>
> This driver also implement a debugfs file that shows the SRAM found in the
> system, the current mapping and the SRAM that have been claimed by some
> drivers in the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Tested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>
> Hi Arnd, Kevin, Olof,
>
> Could you please apply directly this patch to your tree?
>
> It's the only driver related patch that should come in for this release
> cycle.
>
Applied to next/drivers. Thanks for your hard work to get it adapted to all
my wishes over your weekend, very much appreciated.
Arnd
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2015-06-01 9:04 [PATCH v4] drivers: soc: sunxi: Introduce SoC driver to map SRAMs Maxime Ripard
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2015-06-01 15:58 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2015-06-01 16:07 ` Maxime Ripard
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