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Lee Jones
dfabde206a mailbox: Add ability for clients to request channels by name
This patch supplies a new framework API; mbox_request_channel_byname().

It works by supplying the usual client pointer as the first argument and
a string as the second.  The API will search the client's node for a
'mbox-names' property then request a channel in the normal way using the
requested string's index as the expected second 'index' argument.

Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
2015-06-11 22:19:45 +05:30
Sudeep Holla
97b0c7bd2e mailbox: add tx_prepare client callback
If the mailbox controller expects the payload is in place before
initiating the transmit, then it's impossible to reuse the list
maintained by core mailbox code currently. Maintaining another list
for sending the message in the controller seems totally unnecessary
as core mailbox library already provides that feature.

This patch introduces tx_prepare callback in mbox_client which
can be used by the core mailbox library before initiating the
transaction through mbox->ops->send_data. The client driver can
implement this callback to ensure the payload is copied to the
shared memory.

Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
2014-11-27 12:50:59 +05:30
Jassi Brar
2b6d83e2b8 mailbox: Introduce framework for mailbox
Introduce common framework for client/protocol drivers and
controller drivers of Inter-Processor-Communication (IPC).

Client driver developers should have a look at
 include/linux/mailbox_client.h to understand the part of
the API exposed to client drivers.
Similarly controller driver developers should have a look
at include/linux/mailbox_controller.h

Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
2014-10-08 10:39:41 +05:30