Doesn't it "discover" devices by looking at the device tree? > On Jun 25, 2016, at 18:32 , John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Think about what you are proposing. When the kernel loads, it discovers > devices and then loads the appropriate drivers. Now what happens when it > discovers the PRU, which driver does it load, PRUSS_UIO or RemoteProc? > > Regards, > John > > > > >> On Jun 25, 2016, at 6:11 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 14:44 , John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 12:56 , John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Jason Kridner <jkrid...@beagleboard.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I will work to enable uio_pruss functionality, and I think that is what >>>>>> you want, not just getting remoteproc out. >>>>> >>>>> Please don’t do that. Robert Nelson has the “bone” kernel for this >>>>> purpose which supports pruss_uio by default and does not have >>>>> RemoteProc/RPMSG installed. The “ti” kernel however does the reverse, >>>>> with the RemoteProc/RPMSG installed by default and pruss_uio no >>>>> installed. I believe the two frameworks conflict so it is not possible to >>>>> have both installed. >>>> >>>> It sure seems to me that if both can exist in the source tree and be >>>> selected at runtime with configuration (ideally via device tree, >>>> switchable later by loading and unloading modules), that would be the >>>> ideal solution. It sounds like John is saying this is technically not >>>> possible, but I feel like it should be (it is just code, after all). >>> If you read the discussion, TJF and William don’t want to build a custom >>> kernel. So since you cannot have pruss_uio and RemoteProc/RPMSG, configured >>> simultaneously, this is the dilemma we are facing. Currently Robert Nelson >>> has configured the “bone” kernel to have pruss_uio dn the “ti” kernel to >>> have RemoteProc/RPMSG. William is concerned that the “ti” kernel has more >>> features than the “bone” kernel. Solution is to ask Robert Nelson to add >>> the missing features to the “bone” kernel. >> >> I'm not sure specifically what's preventing the two from being configured >> simultaneously, so long as both their code doesn't execute simultaneously. >> It seems one or the other or both can be modified to coexist in the >> configuration, and that may be the best way to ensure the kernel supports >> all users. >> >> We have the source, it should be possible. The kernel can support multiple >> ethernet drivers configured simultaneously, why not multiple PRU drivers? >> >> -- >> Rick Mann >> rm...@latencyzero.com >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/19C6420A-AF09-4542-B907-AD54429E56B4%40latencyzero.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/B5C4860B-52F9-485A-B268-65674695A127%40gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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