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SubjectRe: [PATCHv8 2/2] mailbox: Introduce framework for mailbox
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On Wednesday 16 July 2014 10:40:19 Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > +
> > +Required property:
> > +- mbox: List of phandle and mailbox channel specifier.
> > +
> > +- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel
> > + required by the client.
> > +
>
> IMO the mailbox names are more associated with the controller channels/
> mailbox rather than the clients using it. Does it make sense to move
> this under controller. It also avoid each client replicating the names.

I think it would be best to just make the mbox-names property optional,
like we have for other subsystems.

Doing it in the mbox-controller makes no sense at all, because the
mbox controller has (or should have) no idea what the attached devices are.

Arnd


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