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 :) - k _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
