[Cbe-oss-dev] [patch 10/16] powerpc and x86_64: Initial port of PCIe endpoint device driver for Axon

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Saturday 08 March 2008, Murali Iyer wrote:
> Subject: [patch 10/16] axon driver providing SMA interface
> 
> Description:
>         This patch provides shared memory support via the axon
>         chipset.  Each driver has two local memory banks, which 
>         are exported across the pci interface to the associated
>         axon driver on the other end.  The first bank (D2D) is
>         used by the driver ( memory registration, housekeeping,
>         etc), and the other second bank (SMA) can be used by DaCS
>         userspace applications.
> 
>         This patch provides allocation, initialization of the 
>         local memory banks ( D2D, SMA) and provides access to
>         the remote banks ( Remote D2D, and Remote SMA).

Can't say much about this driver, the code looks alright but
I think I haven't fully understood what it is used for.

It seems that some parts of utils.c are better off being moved
into axon_sma.c

	Arnd <><