Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: Add qcom smc/hvc transport support

[Sudeep Holla]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 07:59:08AM -0700, Nikunj Kela wrote:
> 
> On 10/9/2023 7:47 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 09:42:06AM -0700, Nikunj Kela wrote:
> > > This change adds the support for SCMI message exchange on Qualcomm
> > > virtual platforms.
> > > 
> > > The hypervisor associates an object-id also known as capability-id
> > > with each smc/hvc doorbell object. The capability-id is used to
> > > identify the doorbell from the VM's capability namespace, similar
> > > to a file-descriptor.
> > > 
> > > The hypervisor, in addition to the function-id, expects the capability-id
> > > to be passed in x1 register when SMC/HVC call is invoked.
> > > 
> > > The capability-id is allocated by the hypervisor on bootup and is stored in
> > > the shmem region by the firmware before starting Linux.
> > > 
> > Since you are happy to move to signed value, I assume you are happy to loose
> > upper half of the range values ?
> > 
> > Anyways after Bjorn pointed out inconsistency, I am thinking of moving
> > all the values to unsigned long to work with both 32bit and 64bit.
> > 
> > Does the below delta on top of this patch works for you and makes sense?
> 
> This looks good to me. Will do some testing and float v6 with the changes
> you suggested below. Thanks
> 

Please refer or use the patch from [1] when reposting. I rebased on my
patch[2] that I posted few minutes back. I am trying to finalise the branch
and send PR in next couple of days, so please test and post sooner. Sorry
for the rush.

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Regards,
Sudeep
[1] https://git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/h/for-next/scmi/updates
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009152049.1428872-1-sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx