Hi Sudeep,

Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: add smc/hvc transport

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 03:12:51PM +0800, peng.fan@nxp.com wrote:

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From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>

Take arm,smc-id as the 1st arg, and protocol id as the 2nd arg when
issuing SMC/HVC. Since we need protocol id, so add this parameter

And why do we need protocol id here ? I couldn't find it out myself.
I would like to know why/what/how is it used in the firmware(smc/hvc
handler). I hope you are not mixing the need for multiple channel with
protocol id ? One can find out id from the command itself, no need to pass it
and hence asking here for more details.

When each protocol needs its own shmem area, we need let firmware
know which shmem area to parse the message from. Without protocol
id, firmware not know which shmem area should use. Hope this is clear.

Thanks,
Peng.

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Regards,
Sudeep

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