Thread (32 messages) 32 messages, 5 authors, 2019-09-12

Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM SMC/HVC mailbox

From: Sudeep Holla <hidden>
Date: 2019-08-30 09:30:14
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On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 07:37:41AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
Hi Jassi,
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I think there could be channel for TEE, and channel for Linux.
For virtualization case, there could be dedicated channel for each VM.
I am talking from Linux pov. Functions 0xfe and 0xff above, can't both be
active at the same time, right?
If I get your point correctly,
On UP, both could not be active. On SMP, tx/rx could be both active, anyway
this depends on secure firmware and Linux firmware design.
Just to confirm, we can't have SMC/HVC based Rx channel as there's no
*architectural* way to achieve it. So it can be based on some interrupt
from secure side and hence will be a *different* type of channel/controller.

Sorry to make this point repeatedly, but juts to be absolutely clear:
as it stands, SMC/HVC can be used only for Tx today.

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Regards,
Sudeep

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