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The Messaging Unit module enables two processors within
the SoC to communicate and coordinate by passing messages
(e.g. data, status and control) through the MU interface.

Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
Cc: Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@nxp.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org>
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NXP i.MX Messaging Unit (MU)
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The Messaging Unit module enables two processors within the SoC to
communicate and coordinate by passing messages (e.g. data, status
and control) through the MU interface. The MU also provides the ability
for one processor to signal the other processor using interrupts.

Because the MU manages the messaging between processors, the MU uses
different clocks (from each side of the different peripheral buses).
Therefore, the MU must synchronize the accesses from one side to the
other. The MU accomplishes synchronization using two sets of matching
registers (Processor A-facing, Processor B-facing).

Messaging Unit Device Node:
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Required properties:
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- compatible : should be "fsl,<chip>-mu", the supported chips include
imx8qxp, imx8qm.
- reg : Should contain the registers location and length
- interrupts : Interrupt number. The interrupt specifier format depends
on the interrupt controller parent.
- #mbox-cells: Must be 0. Number of cells in a mailbox

Examples:
--------
lsio_mu0: mailbox@5d1b0000 {
compatible = "fsl,imx8qxp-mu";
reg = <0x0 0x5d1b0000 0x0 0x10000>;
interrupts = <GIC_SPI 176 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
#mbox-cells = <0>;
};

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