Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM SMC/HVC mailbox

From: Jassi Brar
Date: Wed Sep 18 2019 - 09:34:58 EST


On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:53 AM Peng Fan <peng.fan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > >
> > > > +
> > > > + "#mbox-cells":
> > > > + const: 1
> > >
> > > Why is this "1"? What is this number used for? It used to be the channel ID,
> > but since you are describing a single channel controller only, this should be 0
> > now.
> > >
> > Yes. I overlooked it and actually queued the patch for pull request.
>
> In Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
> #mbox-cells: Must be at least 1.
>
> So I use 1 here, 0 not work. Because of_mbox_index_xlate expect at least 1 here.
> So I need modify Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
> and add xlate for smc mailbox?
>
No, you just can not use the generic xlate() provided by the api.
Please implement your own xlate() that requires no argument.

Cheers!