Subject: Re: [openmcapi-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] powerpc: define and implement MPIC message register support

From: Meador Inge <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:44:10 -0500

On 05/31/2011 02:19 PM, Meador Inge wrote:

> This patch set defines a binding for FSL MPIC message registers and implements
> an API for accessing those message registers.  Testing was done on a MPC8572DS
> in an Linux-Linux AMP setup using OpenMCAPI (www.openmcapi.org) to communicate
> between OS instances.  The message register API is used by the OpenMCAPI shared 
> memory driver to send notifications between cores.
> 
> * v3 - Clarified a point in the binding concerning the length of the
>        'interrupts' property.  Pointed out by Scott Wood.
> 
> * v2 - Incorporate feedback from Scott Wood
>    * Make binding less implementation specific.
>    * Add 'mpic-' prefix to message register node properties and aliases.
>    * Remove 'interrupt-parent' from binding.
>    * Fixed some example bugs with receive masks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Meador Inge <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Hollis Blanchard <[email-masked]>
> 
> Meador Inge (2):
>   powerpc: document the FSL MPIC message register binding

The binding has been acked (Thanks Scott).

>   powerpc: add support for MPIC message register API

Scott, Kumar, are you all OK with the
implementation: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/98075/ ?

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Meador Inge
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