From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755187Ab3KNRbz (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:31:55 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:54359 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753000Ab3KNRbr (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:31:47 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.93,700,1378882800"; d="scan'208";a="427735546" Message-ID: <52850A12.3090900@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:36:18 -0800 From: David Cohen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: One Thousand Gnomes CC: matthew.garrett@nebula.com, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eric.ernst@linux.intel.com, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ipc: Added support for IPC interrupt mode References: <1384373671-12814-1-git-send-email-david.a.cohen@linux.intel.com> <1384373671-12814-4-git-send-email-david.a.cohen@linux.intel.com> <20131114134842.7225c7f8@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20131114134842.7225c7f8@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Alan, [snip] > So I think > > 1. Pass the informatio upon whether IRQ mode should be used in the > platform information and remove all the ifdeffery I will double check with Sathya. But in case polling mode is left for development purpose, make we can create a static variable to set irq mode or not. > 2. Log timeouts Agreed. > 3. Explain what happens on a timeout that allows you to issue further > commands without a race - eg do you need to do any kind of reset or will > the next command issue stall sufficiently etc ? I'll check with Sathya. Thanks, David Cohen