Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: report error if resource table doesn't exist

[Ohad Ben-Cohen]

Hi Stefan,

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:08 AM, Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently, if the resource table is completely missing in the
> firmware, powering up the remoteproc fails silently. Add a message
> indicating that the resource table is missing in the firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx>

Applied to remoteproc-next, thanks.

> This also opens up a more general question: Is it mandatory to have
> a resource table in the firmware?

The implementation we have today does require it, but that's just
because this is what we had to support so far.

> Theoretically a remoteproc could
> also work completely independent, all what would be used from the
> remoteproc framework is the loading and starting capabilities...

Sure. Feel free to add support for your hardware as needed.

Thanks,
Ohad.
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