RE: [PATCH v3 00/14] remoteproc: Add support for synchronisaton with rproc

[Peng Fan]

> Subject: [PATCH v3 00/14] remoteproc: Add support for synchronisaton with
> rproc

What's the status of this thread? Will this be applied or requires a new v4?

Thanks,
Peng.

> 
> This is the third revision of this series that tries to address the problem of
> synchronising with a remote processor with as much flexibility as possible.
> 
> Two things to pay attention to:
> 
> 1) Function rproc_actuate() has been abandoned to avoid creating another
>    way to start a remote processor from a kernel driver.  Arnaud expressed
>    the opinion that it is semantically questionnable to synchronise with a
>    remote processor when calling rproc_boot().  We could rename
>    rproc_boot() to rproc_actuate() but I'll wait to see what other people
>    think before doing so.
> 
> 2) The allocation of the synchronisation states has been split from the
>    remote processor allocation.  A new function rproc_set_state_machine()
>    does all the work now.  Proceeding this way has made the patchset a
>    lot more simple.
> 
> Other than the above I have tried to address all the comments made on the
> second revision.  If a comment was not addressed it simply fell through the
> cracks rather than ignored.  In such a case please reiterate your point
> of view and I'll be sure to address it.
> 
> Applies cleanly on rproc-next (305ac5a766b1).
> 
> Best regards,
> Mathieu
> 
> Mathieu Poirier (14):
>   remoteproc: Make core operations optional
>   remoteproc: Introduce function rproc_alloc_internals()
>   remoteproc: Add new operation and flags for synchronistation
>   remoteproc: Refactor function rproc_boot()
>   remoteproc: Refactor function rproc_fw_boot()
>   remoteproc: Refactor function rproc_trigger_auto_boot()
>   remoteproc: Introducting new start and stop functions
>   remoteproc: Call core functions based on synchronisation flag
>   remoteproc: Deal with synchronisation when crashing
>   remoteproc: Deal with synchronisation when shutting down
>   remoteproc: Deal with synchronisation when changing FW image
>   remoteproc: Introducing function rproc_set_state_machine()
>   remoteproc: Document function rproc_set_state_machine()
>   remoteproc: Expose synchronisation flags via debugfs
> 
>  Documentation/remoteproc.txt             |  17 ++
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c     | 197
> +++++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c  |  21 +++
> drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h | 123 +++++++++++++-
>  drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_sysfs.c    |  24 ++-
>  include/linux/remoteproc.h               |  27 ++++
>  6 files changed, 372 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
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