Author: rpaulo
Date: Sun Jul 7 19:47:22 2013
New Revision: 252998
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252998
Log:
Add a mailbox interface.
Mailboxes are an IPC mechanism found on several ARM architectures, namely
OMAP4, BCM2385, Sitara, etc.
Reviewed by: gonzo
Added:
head/sys/dev/mbox/
head/sys/dev/mbox/mbox_if.m (contents, props changed)
Added: head/sys/dev/mbox/mbox_if.m
==============================================================================
--- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added)
+++ head/sys/dev/mbox/mbox_if.m Sun Jul 7 19:47:22 2013 (r252998)
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#-
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Rui Paulo
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+# ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+# SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# Mailboxes are used as an IPC mechanism that allows subsystems to
+# communicate with each other.
+# A system can have multiple mailboxes (e.g. OMAP4) but there's usually a
+# system wide mailbox.
+#
+
+INTERFACE mbox;
+
+METHOD int read {
+ device_t dev;
+ int channel;
+ uint32_t *data;
+};
+
+METHOD int write {
+ device_t dev;
+ int channel;
+ uint32_t data;
+};
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