Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: OMAP2+: move mailbox.h out of plat-omap headers

[Loic PALLARDY <loic.pallardy@st.com>]

Hi Omar,

On 10/31/2012 08:22 AM, Omar Ramirez Luna wrote:
>
> As part of plat-omap code cleanup, I was planning to move omap-mailbox
> framework to a newly drivers/mailbox folder, right now this code is
> specific to OMAP platforms, but with some clean up it could be the
> base for a generic framework. And living under drivers/mailbox could
> give it some exposure for interested developers to give feedback and
> propose changes.
>
> In the past there was a mailbox-like driver in mach-ux500, I was
> hoping both could live under the same folder, however the platform
> using it, was dropped a couple of kernel releases back and with it the
> other similar mailbox implementation.

On STE side, we are working on a mailbox driver which will rely on 
mailbox framework.
However some modifications in current Omap mailbox framework are needed 
to fit STE HW specificities.
- API naming should be generic (replace omap prefix by mailbox)
- message type should be enhanced
- fifo mechanism is linked to Omap maibox, not needed in STE case since 
it relies on cross interrupt + shared memory
I already have modifications I'll send you to see how we can create a 
common and generic mailbox framework.

Regards
Loic