On Sunday 31 March 2013 14:05:42 Ивайло Димитров wrote:
> Hi Pali,
>
> Yep, the code looks almost identical, I guess with some tweaks
> all SMC code from that patch could be removed and instead
> used the one from SMC PPA API.
>
> What I don't get, is why one needs to disable/enable
> fiqs/irqs:
>
> +static int call_sec_rom(u32 appl_id, u32 proc_id, u32 flag,
> ...) +{
> + va_list ap;
> + u32 ret;
> + u32 val;
> +
> + va_start(ap, flag);
> + val = *(u32 *) ≈
> + local_irq_disable();
> + local_fiq_disable();
> + ret = omap3_rom_rng_call(appl_id, proc_id, flag,
> + (u32) virt_to_phys((void *) val));
> + local_fiq_enable();
> + local_irq_enable();
> + va_end(ap);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
>
> Do you have any idea why is that needed? Any other code I've
> ever seen to call SM, does not disable fiqs/irqs, is RNG SMC
> somehow special? I know this is Nokia's code, but still, if
> we can get some understanding...
>
> Regards,
> IvoThis driver is written by Juha Yrjola and is part of maemo 2.6.28 kernel. Juha Yrjola, are you still around? -- Pali Rohár pali.ro...@gmail.com
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