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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] interconnect: Add generic on-chip interconnect API
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From:   Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org>
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Hi,

On 09/08/2017 08:18 PM, Georgi Djakov wrote:
> This patch introduce a new API to get requirements and configure the
> interconnect buses across the entire chipset to fit with the current demand.
> 
> The API is using a consumer/provider-based model, where the providers are
> the interconnect buses and the consumers could be various drivers.
> The consumers request interconnect resources (path) between endpoints and
> set the desired constraints on this data flow path. The providers receive
> requests from consumers and aggregate these requests for all master-slave
> pairs on that path. Then the providers configure each participating in the
> topology node according to the requested data flow path, physical links and
> constraints. The topology could be complicated and multi-tiered and is SoC
> specific.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst |  93 +++++++
>  drivers/Kconfig                             |   2 +
>  drivers/Makefile                            |   1 +
>  drivers/interconnect/Kconfig                |  10 +
>  drivers/interconnect/Makefile               |   1 +
>  drivers/interconnect/interconnect.c         | 382 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/interconnect-consumer.h       |  73 ++++++
>  include/linux/interconnect-provider.h       | 119 +++++++++
>  8 files changed, 681 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/interconnect.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-consumer.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-provider.h

Any comments on this patch?

I am planning to change the prefix that is used for naming for example
the functions from "interconnect_" to something shorter like icbus_.

Thanks,
Georgi

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