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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/remoteproc.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt index 07057ca..70a048c 100644 --- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt +++ b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ platform-specific remoteproc drivers only need to provide a few low-level handlers, and then all rpmsg drivers will then just work (for more information about the virtio-based rpmsg bus and its drivers, please read Documentation/rpmsg.txt). +Registration of other types of virtio devices is now also possible. Firmwares +just need to publish what kind of virtio devices do they support, and then +remoteproc will add those devices. This makes it possible to reuse the +existing virtio drivers with remote processor backends at a minimal development +cost. 2. User API @@ -136,8 +141,6 @@ int dummy_rproc_example(struct rproc *my_rproc) If found, those virtio devices will be created and added, so as a result of registering this remote processor, additional virtio drivers might get probed. - Currently, though, we only support a single RPMSG virtio vdev per remote - processor. int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc) - Unregister a remote processor, and decrement its refcount. @@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ struct rproc_ops { }; Every remoteproc implementation should at least provide the ->start and ->stop -handlers. If rpmsg functionality is also desired, then the ->kick handler +handlers. If rpmsg/virtio functionality is also desired, then the ->kick handler should be provided as well. The ->start() handler takes an rproc handle and should then power on the |
