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    rapidio: add RapidIO channelized messaging driver · b6e8d4aa
    Alexandre Bounine authored
    Add channelized messaging driver to support native RapidIO messaging
    exchange between multiple senders/recipients on devices that use kernel
    RapidIO subsystem services.
    
    This device driver is the result of collaboration within the RapidIO.org
    Software Task Group (STG) between Texas Instruments, Prodrive
    Technologies, Nokia Networks, BAE and IDT.  Additional input was
    received from other members of RapidIO.org.
    
    The objective was to create a character mode driver interface which
    exposes messaging capabilities of RapidIO endpoint devices (mports)
    directly to applications, in a manner that allows the numerous and
    varied RapidIO implementations to interoperate.
    
    This char mode device driver allows user-space applications to setup
    messaging communication channels using single shared RapidIO messaging
    mailbox.
    
    By default this driver uses RapidIO MBOX_1 (MBOX_0 is reserved for use by
    RIONET Ethernet emulation driver).
    
    [weiyj.lk@gmail.com: rapidio/rio_cm: fix re...
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