On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 3:59 PM Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:41 PM Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 5:00 PM <sunil.kovv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > +/* Structure for requesting resource provisioning.
> > > + * 'modify' flag to be used when either requesting more
> > > + * or to detach partial of a cetain resource type.
> > > + * Rest of the fields specify how many of what type to
> > > + * be attached.
> > > + */
> > > +struct rsrc_attach {
> > > + struct mbox_msghdr hdr;
> > > + u8 modify:1;
> > > + u8 npalf:1;
> > > + u8 nixlf:1;
> > > + u16 sso;
> > > + u16 ssow;
> > > + u16 timlfs;
> > > + u16 cptlfs;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +/* Structure for relinquishing resources.
> > > + * 'partial' flag to be used when relinquishing all resources
> > > + * but only of a certain type. If not set, all resources of all
> > > + * types provisioned to the RVU function will be detached.
> > > + */
> > > +struct rsrc_detach {
> > > + struct mbox_msghdr hdr;
> > > + u8 partial:1;
> > > + u8 npalf:1;
> > > + u8 nixlf:1;
> > > + u8 sso:1;
> > > + u8 ssow:1;
> > > + u8 timlfs:1;
> > > + u8 cptlfs:1;
> > > +};
> >
> > Are these bitfields part of the message that gets sent to the
> > underlying implementation? It seems there is still an endianess
> > issue then.
>
> No these structures are not used for kernel driver to firmware
> communication where
> register reads via readq are involved. These structures are used for
> mailbox communication
> between different PCI devices and this mailbox is a shared memory.
Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Arnd
