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This new subsystem provides a common way to talk to secondary processors on an SoC, e.g. a DSP, GPU or service processor, using virtio as the transport. In the long run, it should replace a few dozen vendor specific ways to do the same thing, which all never made it into the upstream kernel. There is a broad agreement that rpmsg is the way to go here and several vendors have started working on replacing their own subsystems. Two branches each add one virtio protocol number. Fortunately the numbers were agreed upon in advance, so there are only context changes. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAT24/OmCrR//JCVInAQJmfQ/+NklCaFIHX5Mbi1ZdeekT1p8l7OVXs1zU ygJA86Vlbz3dL7t08HcAqS+C3tGE4iTGp9IJrBQBjZdCuPJujyB+xAYFNU39TZzH osdiSSQZapkIzMcviCqQPO70bzUPWtskXmVNmrKiHOM7HLHMWRWUqtfj2wNqqeIa l+mCC3q9ZV4JJ9puzW9UMRZKsSUYNJ9q/MfAbBHXJawhKtZWpT5Luwa8s2KTFfz3 XY6iW+FfY6d6+jU3p9AGxZqT02V9H/mOqP9dyM6wK6BfHrISFYIkN+KAzhMkxY+Z p7folq/WipN9XoizWql7QKAa4wKMyhRNmScfCfSdKhSOzWzWMiu9ySLUqx/KEJq7 OknCtnHNhAp/hcR39f2Nv6mLNxA01WeUvaPTzzjTotpwCEcbcZpsGT/OBN/vZyZ5 ZAqZlEg/D65ZIU2dESx2U2XMiGTBc7AAgfLj0PjmhsMH3bVlG3IHcnGH6wqwGpvH zglaCy67/htEW6jMFjhqginXssPtcaFGz56g+/WkEyvYCJTwdMAiXc05uZS/EeZT uF8Vpg3cEFDJUtGrcA9FSKZ/2f6pLKvHY7yYRGwhR7pajQl7I0WDwgCQmy4pE6Ao l9MNeoPKQyFmuVhZbQP4QLRRGDD6Hm+qbPRqaRJI2DuM2g8v6Yk3ydd8EOgHm+O3 n1W0zBfQ2l4= =SC55 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'rpmsg' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc Pull "remoteproc/rpmsg: new subsystem" from Arnd Bergmann: "This new subsystem provides a common way to talk to secondary processors on an SoC, e.g. a DSP, GPU or service processor, using virtio as the transport. In the long run, it should replace a few dozen vendor specific ways to do the same thing, which all never made it into the upstream kernel. There is a broad agreement that rpmsg is the way to go here and several vendors have started working on replacing their own subsystems. Two branches each add one virtio protocol number. Fortunately the numbers were agreed upon in advance, so there are only context changes. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>" Fixed up trivial protocol number conflict due to the mentioned additions next to each other. * tag 'rpmsg' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: (32 commits) remoteproc: cleanup resource table parsing paths remoteproc: remove the hardcoded vring alignment remoteproc/omap: remove the mbox_callback limitation remoteproc: remove the single rpmsg vdev limitation remoteproc: safer boot/shutdown order remoteproc: remoteproc_rpmsg -> remoteproc_virtio remoteproc: resource table overhaul rpmsg: fix build warning when dma_addr_t is 64-bit rpmsg: fix published buffer length in rpmsg_recv_done rpmsg: validate incoming message length before propagating rpmsg: fix name service endpoint leak remoteproc/omap: two Kconfig fixes remoteproc: make sure we're parsing a 32bit firmware remoteproc: s/big switch/lookup table/ remoteproc: bail out if firmware has different endianess remoteproc: don't use virtio's weak barriers rpmsg: rename virtqueue_add_buf_gfp to virtqueue_add_buf rpmsg: depend on EXPERIMENTAL remoteproc: depend on EXPERIMENTAL rpmsg: add Kconfig menu ... Conflicts: include/linux/virtio_ids.h |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. The file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt may describe some of these interfaces, giving a schedule for when they will be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in.