Re: [RFC][PATCH] bcmai: introduce AI driver

[RafaÅ MiÅecki]

W dniu 7 kwietnia 2011 02:00 uÅytkownik George Kashperko
<george@xxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ:
> For PCI function description take a look at PCI specs or PCI
> configuration space description (e. g.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_configuration_space)
>
> Sorry for missleading short-ups, w11 - bcm80211 core, under two-head I
> mean ssb/axi with two functional cores on same interconnect (like w11
> +w11, not a lot of these exists I guess). Also there were some b43+b44
> on single PCI ssb host and those where implemented as ssb interconnect
> on multifunctional PCI host therefore providing separate access windows
> for each function.
>
> Might I mussunderstood something (its late night here at my place) when
> you where talking about using coreswitching involved for two drivers
> therefore I remembered about those functions. Seems now you were talking
> about chipcommon+b43 access sharing same window.
>
> As for core switching requirments for earlier SSB interconnects on PCI
> hosts where there were no direct chipcommon access, that one can be
> accomplished without spin_lock/mutex for b43 or b44 cores with proper
> bus design.
>
> AXI doesn't need spinlocks/mutexes as both chipcommon and pci bridge are
> available directly and b43 will be the only one requiring window access.

Ahh, so while talking about 4 windows, I guess you counted fixes
windows as well. That would be right, matching my knowledge.

When asking question about amount of cores we may want to use
simultaneously I didn't think about ChipCommon or PCIe. The real
problem would be to support for example two 802.11 cores and one
ethernet core at the same time. That gives us 3 cores while we have
only 2 sliding windows. But I would not care for that too much for
now.

For the rest (PCI function) I have to sleep before reading specs ;)

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RafaÅ
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