On Tuesday 28 September 2010, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2010/9/24 Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>:
>
> - Our internal codebase is now already revamped a few times. It is
> looking better now, we only need to push it out. (And a
> process for keeping the trees in sync.)
Ok. Having real-time access to your internal trees would be
extrememly helpful. The tree we have on git.linaro.org is good
for reviewing the existing code and I hope it also helps people
build usable kernels, but we need something more dynamic to get
the most out of both the Linaro and ST-Ericsson development teams.
> Good news:
>
> - Controversial STM DMA engine is rewritten, merged
> and already hardened a few times in the mainline code with a
> third round of fixups queued in -next for 2.6.37 in the async_tx
> tree. (drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c).
Yes, that looks pretty good now.
I noticed that this driver still needs to export three symbols
on its own, which is presumably an extension to the common
dmaengine API. Is that by design or do you expect this will be
integrated into the standard API at some point?
> The new STEDMA40 DMA driver (merged since 2.6.35) has been
> brough back internally as well and the old STM DMA driver
> is deleted.
>
> - CG2900 combochip core and drivers are rewritten extensively and
> sent for review on LKML this friday (and will need more reviews
> and iterations, but the process is started).
>
> - The new AB8500 MFD driver from the mainline kernel has been
> merged back internally and is now in sync.
>
> - The mmc-u8500.c MMC driver is not OK actually, it is duplicating
> functionality in mmci.c so we have been patching mmci.c so as
> to arrive on a single driver to be shared by all PL180 derivates.
>
> - The CAIF stuff is nowadays all upstream and we have just had a
> cleanout round syncing the internal tree to use the mainline code
> internally as well.
>
> - U5500-specific modem communication and mailboxes have
> been submitted to the ARM ML and Russells patch trackers
> last week.
>
> - Phonet extensions are submitted to Davice Miller and getting
> merged as we speak. (Actual shared mem and mailboxes backing
> Phonet in U8500 is still to be prepared but need the Phonet
> changes to be available first.)
>
> - The MCDE display driver is soon ripe for public review.
Great work on all of these!
> Special cases:
>
> - The hwmem driver is our way of getting rid of pmem dependencies
> so we can atleast live without Android patches.
> IMO it is to be an intermediate step as we move toward a unified CMA
> (contiguous memory allocator) but we'll see how this develops.
Yes, this is a very interesting topic and a number of other people
are struggling with it. I'm a bit sceptical about the CMA drivers that
are being discussed on the mailing list, but it's clear that some solution
is needed here.
> - b2r2 (dubbed "scary" :-) is really unlike any other hardware found
> in the drivers/video/* hierarchy, and we'll likely need the advice of
> video4linux developers on how to proceed on it, so we hope to mail
> this off for review soon enough. However to proceed I believe
> this driver needs the MCDE display driver to be submitted first
> (Gantt-type dependency). So we are working on getting that one
> out for review first and foremost.
What does it actually do? I didn't think it had anything to do with
video4linux (a.k.a. video input, drivers/media/video), so if this
is the 2D video acceleration, it sounds like this should be a DRM
driver and go into drivers/gpu/drm/.
> Do you want me to update the Wikipage with this or is the review
> a static piece or to be "owned" by the reviewer?
I'd be happy if you edit it yourself. If you make significant changes,
please add your name to the author section.
Arnd
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