[PATCH 2/8] mailbox: apple: Add driver for Apple IOP mailbox

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sat Jan 22 18:17:07 CET 2022


Hi Mark,

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 at 06:54, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> > From: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:40:12 -0700
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 04:05, Mark Kettenis <kettenis at openbsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > This mailbox driver provides a communication channel with the
> > > Apple IOP controllers found on Apple SoCs.  These IOP controllers
> > > are used to implement various functions such as the System
> > > Manegement Controller (SMC) and NVMe storage.  It allows sending
> > > and receiving a 96-bit message over a single channel.
> > >
> > > The header file with the struct used for mailbox messages is taken
> > > straight from Linux.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at openbsd.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Sven Peter <sven at svenpeter.dev>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm/Kconfig              |  1 +
> > >  drivers/mailbox/Kconfig       | 11 +++++
> > >  drivers/mailbox/Makefile      |  1 +
> > >  drivers/mailbox/apple-mbox.c  | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/apple-mailbox.h | 19 ++++++++
> > >  5 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/mailbox/apple-mbox.c
> > >  create mode 100644 include/linux/apple-mailbox.h
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > Tested on: Macbook Air M1
> > Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> >
> > with nit below
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/apple-mailbox.h b/include/linux/apple-mailbox.h
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000000..720fbb7029
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/include/linux/apple-mailbox.h
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT */
> > > +/*
> > > + * Apple mailbox message format
> > > + *
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2021 The Asahi Linux Contributors
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#ifndef _LINUX_APPLE_MAILBOX_H_
> > > +#define _LINUX_APPLE_MAILBOX_H_
> >
> > Drop the _LINUX
>
> Hmm, this is a straight copy of the Linux header file.  Isn't it
> better to keep it unmodified?  Most (all?) the other files in this
> directory return the _LINUX bit...

Oh I missed that this was supposed to be in this dir. Yes seems OK.


>
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/types.h>
> > > +
> > > +/* encodes a single 96bit message sent over the single channel */
> > > +struct apple_mbox_msg {
> > > +       u64 msg0;
> > > +       u32 msg1;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +#endif
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> > >

Regards,
Simon


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