On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:57 PM, Zhang Wei wrote: > >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kumar Gala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:30 AM, Zhang Wei wrote: >>> >>>> Change lots of static variable to mport private. And add >>> mport to some >>>> function declaration. >>> >>> Can you explain this patch further. Its not clear exactly from this >>> commit message why we are doing this. >>> >>> - k >> >> Sorry about I have a little hurry about it. >> >> The original RapidIO driver suppose there is only one mpc85xx RIO >> controller >> in system. So, some data structures are defined as mpc85xx_rio >> global, >> such as 'regs_win', 'dbell_ring', 'msg_tx_ring'. Now, I changed them >> to >> mport's private members. And you can define multi RIO OF-nodes in dts >> file >> for multi RapidIO controller in one processor, such as PCI/PCI-Ex >> host >> controllers >> in Freescale's silicon. And the mport operation function declaration >> should be changed >> to know which RapidIO controller is target. > > thanks, this makes a lot of sense and now reviewing the patch will > make some sense to me :)
when we have multiple ports are the device IDs on the ports intended to be unique only to a port or unique across all ports? - k _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
