Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Add support for legacy SCPI protocol

[Sudeep Holla]

On 19/10/16 13:51, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> This patchset aims to support the legacy SCPI firmware implementation that was
> delivered as early technology preview for the JUNO platform.
>
> Finally a stable, maintained and public implementation for the SCPI protocol
> has been upstreamed part of the JUNO support and it is the recommended way
> of implementing SCP communication on ARMv8 platforms.
>
> The Amlogic GXBB platform is using this legacy protocol, as the RK3368 & RK3399
> platforms. This patchset will only add support for Amlogic GXBB SoC.
>
> This patchset add support for the legacy protocol in the arm_scpi.c file,
> avoiding code duplication.
>
> This patchset is rebased against scpi-updates/for-next from [2] and with
> already merged patches [3], [4] and [5] and ommited in this patchset.
>
> Last RFC discution thread can be found at : https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/9/210
>
> Changes since v4 at : http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475652814-30619-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  - Removed legacy locking scheme
>  - Removed cmd copy back after token insert
>  - Various cleanups
>
> Changes since v3 at : http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473262477-18045-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  - Changed back author to Sudeep Holla for first patch
>  - Merged legacy functions to scpi_send_message, tx_prepare and handle_remote_message
>  - Added legacy locking scheme
>  - Merged back legacy_scpi_sensor_get_value into scpi_sensor_get_value
>  - Rebased on linux-next-20161004 with patchset [1]
>
> Changes since v2 at : http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471952816-30877-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  - Added command indirection table and use it in each commands
>  - Added bitmap for high priority commands
>  - Cleaned up legacy tx_prepare/handle_message to align to standard functions
>  - Dropped legacy_scpi_ops
>
> Changes since v1 at : http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471515066-3626-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  - Dropped vendor_send_message and rockchip vendor mechanism patches
>  - Merged alternate functions into main functions using is_legacy boolean
>  - Added DT match table to set is_legacy to true
>  - Kept alternate scpi_ops structure for legacy
>
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475595430-30075-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [2] git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/linux
> [3] scpi: Add cmd indirection table to prepare for legacy commands
> [4] scpi: grow MAX_DVFS_OPPS to 16 entries
> [5] dt-bindings: Add support for Amlogic GXBB SCPI Interface
>
> Neil Armstrong (5):
>   scpi: Add alternative legacy structures, functions and macros
>   scpi: Do not fail if get_capabilities is not implemented
>   scpi: Add support for Legacy match table for Amlogic GXBB SoC
>   ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb: Add SRAM node
>   ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb: Add SCPI with cpufreq & sensors Nodes
>
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxbb.dtsi |  57 ++++++++
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scpi.c                 | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 245 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

Nice to see this diff stat from a whole new file legacy_scpi.c and 1000+
delta. Thanks for working on this. I have applied the first 3 patches in
this series with some subject/commit message changes to [1].

I assume the DT changes needs to go via the corresponding platform
maintainer.

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Regards,
Sudeep

[1] git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/linux/h/scpi-updates/for-next