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    firmware: arm_scmi: Add protocol versioning checks · b5efc28a
    Cristian Marussi authored
    Platform and agent supported protocols versions do not necessarily match.
    
    When talking to an older SCMI platform, supporting only older protocol
    versions, the kernel SCMI agent will downgrade the version of the used
    protocol to match the platform and avoid compatibility issues.
    
    In the case where the kernel/OSPM agent happens to communicate with a
    newer platform which can support newer protocol versions unknown to
    the agent, and potentially backward incompatible, the agent currently
    carries on, silently, in a best-effort approach.
    
    Note that the SCMI specification doesn't provide means to explicitly
    detect the protocol versions used by the agents, neither it is required
    to support multiple, older, protocol versions.
    
    Add an explicit protocol version check to let the agent detect when this
    version mismatch happens and warn the user about this condition.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201135858.2367651-1-cristian.marussi@arm.comSigned-off-by: default avatarSudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
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