Re: [PATCH 4/4]:dt-binding:Documents the mbigen bindings

From: majun (F)
Date: Tue Jun 02 2015 - 08:00:22 EST




å 2015/6/1 18:04, Mark Rutland åé:
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 04:19:18AM +0100, majun (F) wrote:
>> Add the mbigen msi interrupt controller bindings document
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ma Jun <majun258@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mbigen.txt | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100755 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mbigen.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mbigen.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mbigen.txt
>> new file mode 100755
>> index 0000000..d442b31
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mbigen.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
>> +Hisilicon mbigen device tree bindings.
>> +=======================================
>> +
>> +Mbigen means: message based interrupt generator.
>> +
>> +MBI is kind of msi interrupt only used on Non-PCI devices.
>> +
>> +To reduce the wired interrupt number connected to GIC,
>> +Hisilicon designed mbigen to collect and generate interrupt.
>> +
>> +
>> +Non-pci devices can connect to mbigen and gnerate the inteerrupt
>> +by wirtting ITS register.
>
> Typos.
>
>> +
>> +The mbigen and devices connect to mbigen have the following properties:
>> +
>> +
>> +Mbigen required properties:
>> +-------------------------------------------
>> +-compatible: Should be "hisilicon,mbi-gen"
>> +-msi-parent: should specified the ITS mbigen connected
>> +-interrupt controller: Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
>> +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
>> + interrupt source. The value is 2 for now.
>
> The precise format of these cells needs to be specified, at this point
> in the binding document.
>
ok, i will fix this in next version

> Why do you say "The value is 2 for now"? Do you expect this to grow in
> future? If so, why?
>
Because the hardware design will be changed in the near future, to compatible
with these chips, this value need to change either.

>> +- reg: Specifies the base physical address and size of the ITS
>> + registers.
>
> This doesn't sound right. This isn't the ITS, so it shouldn't refer to
> the ITS registers in this manner.
>
> Does the mbigen not have its own set of registers?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
yes, you are right, it should be mbigen register.
>> +
>> +Examples:
>> +
>> + mbigen_pa: interrupt-controller@4c030000 {
>> + compatible = "hisilicon,mbi-gen";
>> + msi-parent = <&its_pa>;
>> + interrupt-controller;
>> + #interrupt-cells = <2>;
>> + reg = <0x4c030000 0x10000>;
>> + };
>> +
>> +Device connect to mbigen required properties:
>> +----------------------------------------------------
>> +-interrupt-parent: Specifies the mbigen node which device connected.
>> +-interrupts:specifies the interrupt source.The first cell is hwirq num, the
>> + second number is trigger type.
>> +
>> +Examples:
>> + usb0: ehci@a1000000 {
>> + compatible = "generic-ehci";
>> + interrupt-parent = <&mbigen_pa>;
>> + reg = <0xa1000000 0x10000>;
>> + interrupts = <20 4>;
>> + };
>> +
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>>
>>
>
> .
>

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