Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] drivers: mfd: vexpress: add timeout API to vexpress config interface

2013-06-03 Thread Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 13:53 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: In case some transactions to the Serial Power Controller (SPC) are lost owing to multiple operations handled at once by the M3 controller the OS needs to rely on a configuration API that can time out so that failures do not result in

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] drivers: mfd: vexpress: add timeout API to vexpress config interface

2013-06-03 Thread Lorenzo Pieralisi
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:15:32AM +0100, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote: On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 13:53 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: In case some transactions to the Serial Power Controller (SPC) are lost owing to multiple operations handled at once by the M3 controller the OS needs to rely

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] drivers: mfd: vexpress: add timeout API to vexpress config interface

2013-06-03 Thread Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 12:52 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:15:32AM +0100, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote: On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 13:53 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: In case some transactions to the Serial Power Controller (SPC) are lost owing to multiple

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] drivers: mfd: vexpress: add timeout API to vexpress config interface

2013-06-03 Thread Lorenzo Pieralisi
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 01:03:50PM +0100, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote: On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 12:52 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:15:32AM +0100, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote: On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 13:53 +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: In case some transactions to

[RFC PATCH 2/3] drivers: mfd: vexpress: add timeout API to vexpress config interface

2013-05-24 Thread Lorenzo Pieralisi
In case some transactions to the Serial Power Controller (SPC) are lost owing to multiple operations handled at once by the M3 controller the OS needs to rely on a configuration API that can time out so that failures do not result in an unusable system. This patch adds a timeout API to the