Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750914Ab3GKEVM (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:21:12 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57791 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750730Ab3GKEVL (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:21:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:22:10 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Akhil Goyal Cc: arnd@arndb.de, lars@metafoo.de, robin.getz@analog.com, Michael.Hennerich@analog.com, lars-peter.clausen@analog.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pankaj.chauhan@freescale.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Radio device framework Message-ID: <20130711042210.GA23660@kroah.com> References: <1373277002-14009-1-git-send-email-akhil.goyal@freescale.com> <51DE2DB5.60608@freescale.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51DE2DB5.60608@freescale.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3331 Lines: 71 On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 09:29:49AM +0530, Akhil Goyal wrote: > On 7/8/2013 3:19 PM, akhil.goyal@freescale.com wrote: > >From: Akhil Goyal > > > >RF signal path is integral part of any system that transmits/receives RF > >(radio frequency) signals. In these systems Data is processed/converted > >to IQ samples (digital representation a RF signal) and passed to a RFIC > >(RF PHY) which converts the digital RF signal (IQ samples) to analog and > >transmits over antenna. > > > >Typically The signal path consists of multiple components: > > > >Antenna controller<-> vector signal processors<-> RFIC<-> Antenna > > > >Each of these components have specific functionalities: > > > >1. Antenna controller: Framing of digital IQ data into protocol specific frames. > >2. vector signal processors: For conditioning of signal. > >3. RFIC : converts digital IQ data to analog signal which is transmitted/received on/from Air. > > > >Also it is desirable to control the complete signal path, for example: > >bringing the complete signal path up/down etc. > > > >The radio device framework introduces a way to accommodate the RF signal > >paths. One signal path is represented as a RF device (rf0, rf1 etc), and > >it can contain multiple components which have their individual vendor > >specific drivers. The framework provides mechanism by which individual > >components can register with RF framework, and the framework will handle the binding > >of individual component devices to a RF device. RF device exports the control > >interfaces to user space, and this user space interface is independent of > >component (vendor specific) drivers. > > > >This patch set include > >1. RF Interface: Independent of phy or antenna controller. > >2. AIC driver: Antenna interface Controller(AIC) of Hetrogenous SOC's > >like BSC9131, BSC9132 > >4. Device tree bindings for AIC. > >5. Device tree changes for BSC9131-AIC > > > >changes in v2: > >1. incorporated comments for handling pointers in user space API structures. > >2. Removed patches for AD9361 phy driver. It shall be sent once a proper > >driver is in place for AD9361 chip > >3. Removed Device tree nodes/bindings for AD9361 > >4. Incorporated comments for proper handling of wait_events > >5. Added Documentation for IOCTL APIs and the structures used. > >6. Inserted paddings in user space structures. > >7. Reorganized code for rfdev.c to remove forward declaration and broke the > >rf_ioctl() function to handle local structures correctly. > >8. Corrected the error handling for mutex used. > > > > Hi Arnd/Greg, > > It has been 3-4 days for this patch set and there are no review > comments on these patches. Please suggest a way forward for the > patch set. I have incorporated all the review comments for v1. We are thick in the middle of the merge window for 3.11-rc1 and have _no_ time for reviewing anything new, please give us a chance to catch up with our existing work before asking about new stuff that is not going to happen until 3.12 at the earliest. In sort, patience please. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/