From 7a186941626d19f668b08108db158379b32e6e02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:30:39 +0100
Subject: remoteproc: remove the single rpmsg vdev limitation

Now that the resource table supports publishing a virtio device
in a single resource entry, firmware images can start supporting
more than a single vdev.

This patch removes the single vdev limitation of the remoteproc
framework so multi-vdev firmwares can be leveraged: VDEV resource
entries are parsed when the rproc is registered, and as a result
their vrings are set up and the virtio devices are registered
(and they go away when the rproc goes away).

Moreover, we no longer only support VIRTIO_ID_RPMSG vdevs; any
virtio device type goes now. As a result, there's no more any
rpmsg-specific APIs or code in remoteproc: it all becomes generic
virtio handling.

Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
Cc: Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>
Cc: Iliyan Malchev <malchev@google.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Mark Grosen <mgrosen@ti.com>
Cc: John Williams <john.williams@petalogix.com>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: Loic PALLARDY <loic.pallardy@stericsson.com>
Cc: Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@stericsson.com>
Cc: Omar Ramirez Luna <omar.luna@linaro.org>
Cc: Guzman Lugo Fernando <fernando.lugo@ti.com>
Cc: Anna Suman <s-anna@ti.com>
Cc: Clark Rob <rob@ti.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Saravana Kannan <skannan@codeaurora.org>
Cc: David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Kieran Bingham <kieranbingham@gmail.com>
Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
---
 Documentation/remoteproc.txt | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Documentation/remoteproc.txt')

diff --git a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
index 07057cacfeae..70a048cd3fa3 100644
--- a/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/remoteproc.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ platform-specific remoteproc drivers only need to provide a few low-level
 handlers, and then all rpmsg drivers will then just work
 (for more information about the virtio-based rpmsg bus and its drivers,
 please read Documentation/rpmsg.txt).
+Registration of other types of virtio devices is now also possible. Firmwares
+just need to publish what kind of virtio devices do they support, and then
+remoteproc will add those devices. This makes it possible to reuse the
+existing virtio drivers with remote processor backends at a minimal development
+cost.
 
 2. User API
 
@@ -136,8 +141,6 @@ int dummy_rproc_example(struct rproc *my_rproc)
       If found, those virtio devices will be created and added, so as a result
       of registering this remote processor, additional virtio drivers might get
       probed.
-      Currently, though, we only support a single RPMSG virtio vdev per remote
-      processor.
 
   int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc)
     - Unregister a remote processor, and decrement its refcount.
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ struct rproc_ops {
 };
 
 Every remoteproc implementation should at least provide the ->start and ->stop
-handlers. If rpmsg functionality is also desired, then the ->kick handler
+handlers. If rpmsg/virtio functionality is also desired, then the ->kick handler
 should be provided as well.
 
 The ->start() handler takes an rproc handle and should then power on the
-- 
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