Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:50:37 +0100 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies |
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:38:47 +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote: > On 25/01/17 13:32, Jean Delvare wrote: > > With a name like that, I assume that the ARM SCPI protocol is only > > useful on the ARM architectures. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> > > Fixes: 8f1498c03d15 ("firmware: arm_scpi: make it depend on MAILBOX instead of") > > Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> > > Cc: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <tixy@linaro.org> > > --- > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > I won't say you are wrong but the reason why it's named arm_scpi is > because the protocol was developed by ARM. It doesnn't mean only > ARM/ARM64 needs to use it, it can be used on any architecture for > inter-processor communication using any communication technique > (currently mailbox is the only supported in the driver)
OK, thanks for the clarification. In practice, what other architectures are using it?
-- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support
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