Messages in this thread | | | From | Ohad Ben-Cohen <> | Date | Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:32:11 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] remoteproc: depend on EXPERIMENTAL |
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> wrote: > Remoteproc is still under development and as it gets traction we > definitely expect to have some changes in the binary format (most probably > only in the resource table, e.g. the upcoming move to TLV-based entries). > > Active testing and use of remoteproc is most welcome, but we don't want > users to expect backward binary compatibility with the preliminary > images we have today. > > Therefore mark remoteproc as EXPERIMENTAL, and explicitly inform the user > about this when a new remote processor is registered.
Applied both patches.
> > Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> > Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> > Cc: Rob Clark <rob@ti.com> > Cc: Mark Grosen <mgrosen@ti.com> > Cc: Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@stericsson.com> > --- > drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig | 3 ++- > drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 3 +++ > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig > index 00fb72f..25fc4cc 100644 > --- a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig > @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ > -menu "Remoteproc drivers" > +menu "Remoteproc drivers (EXPERIMENTAL)" > > # REMOTEPROC gets selected by whoever wants it > config REMOTEPROC > tristate > + depends on EXPERIMENTAL > > config OMAP_REMOTEPROC > tristate "OMAP remoteproc support" > diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c > index f2354ce..6212b82 100644 > --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c > +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c > @@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc) > > dev_info(rproc->dev, "%s is available\n", rproc->name); > > + dev_info(dev, "Note: remoteproc is still under development and considered experimental.\n"); > + dev_info(dev, "THE BINARY FORMAT IS NOT YET FINALIZED, and backward compatibility isn't yet guaranteed.\n"); > + > /* create debugfs entries */ > rproc_create_debug_dir(rproc); > > -- > 1.7.5.4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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