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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/mailbox: Add Aspeed mailbox driver
From: Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2017-09-05 at 08:25 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 09:37:19AM +1000, Cyril Bur wrote:
> > On Mon, 2017-09-04 at 20:13 +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I haven't heard anything about this driver. I'm trying to interpret if
> > > > the silence is because there is something fundamentally wrong with the
> > > > driver or is it because it doesn't use any of the mailbox
> > > > infrastructure it is being ignored.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Its the latter.
> > 
> > Great! Thanks for your response, I'll resend it under char/misc.
> 
> Wait, no, please use the mailbox infrastructure for this, making a
> one-off char/misc driver isn't ok when there is a framework for you to
> use.
> 

Thanks very much for your response.

Yes you're absolutely correct, I'll send it to drivers/mailbox. I look
forward to working more closely with Jassi. I'll be sure to fully and
completely exploit all the features of this mailbox framework.

Looking forward to continued development,

Thanks very much to all involved,

Cyril

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h