Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] spacemit: k3: Replace bad CLINT node with ACLINT nodes

From: Yixun Lan

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 19:53:06 EST


Hi Junhui,

On 00:29 Fri 18 Sep , Junhui Liu wrote:
> When testing OpenSBI with the upstream Device Tree, the CLINT controller
> failed to function properly with the irqchip.riscv_imsic_noipi boot
> parameter:
>
> Platform IPI Device : aclint-mswi
> Platform Timer Device : aclint-mtimer @ 24000000Hz
>
> Domain0 Region03 : 0x00000000e081c000-0x00000000e081ffff M: (I,R,W) S/U: ()
>
> [ 0.091014] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
> [ 10.104917] CPU1 failed to report alive state
> [ 20.118689] CPU2 failed to report alive state
> [ 30.132288] CPU3 failed to report alive state
> [ 40.145953] CPU4 failed to report alive state
> [ 50.159604] CPU5 failed to report alive state
> [ 60.173212] CPU6 failed to report alive state
> [ 70.186981] CPU7 failed to report alive state
> [ 70.191411] smp: Brought up 1 node, 1 CPU
>
> Through exploring and testing, I discovered that the K3 actually
> provides all three complete ACLINT components, and subsequent
> confirmation with the vendor yielded the following information:
>
> The ACLINT register space is mapped at two base addresses: a secure
> window at 0xf1810000 and a non-secure window at 0xe0810000. The
> secure window exposes all three components, while the non-secure
> window only exposes SSWI; the MSWI and MTIMER offsets are reserved
> there:
>
> +---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
> | Offset | Module | Secure Window | Non-Secure Window |
> +---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
> | +0x0000 | MSWI | 0xf1810000-0xf1813fff | 0xe0810000-0xe0813fff |
> | | | | (Reserved) |
> +---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
> | +0x4000 | MTIMER | 0xf1814000-0xf181bfff | 0xe0814000-0xe081bfff |
> | | | | (Reserved) |
> +---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
> | +0xc000 | SSWI | 0xf181c000-0xf181ffff | 0xe081c000-0xe081ffff |
> +---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
>
> MSWI and MTIMER reside in the secure ACLINT space, which is only
> accessible through the secure window; their offsets in the non-secure
> window are reserved. SSWI resides in the non-secure ACLINT space,
> which is aliased in both windows. However, depending on the eFuse
> configuration, the whole non-secure window can be inaccessible, while
> the secure window remains available.
>
> Taking these constraints into account, we use the secure window
> (0xf1810000-0xf181ffff) consistently for all three ACLINT components,
> as it is accessible regardless of the eFuse configuration. OpenSBI
> protects the MSWI and MTIMER ranges from Supervisor-mode access via PMP,
> leaving the SSWI range available to S-mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junhui Liu <junhui.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Correct the accessibility description of secure and non-secure windows
> - Drop spacemit,k3-clint from sifive,clint.yaml entirely
> - Move SSWI to its secure-window alias
> - Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260909-k3-aclint-v2-0-7931e5bc86ad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop the generic riscv,aclint-* fallback compatibles and use only
> SpacemiT K3-specific compatibles.
> - Match spacemit,k3-aclint-sswi directly in the SSWI driver.
> - Squash the ACLINT MSWI and MTIMER DT additions into the patch that
> replaces the incorrect CLINT node.
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-k3-aclint-v1-0-aef88614d3a5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ---
> Junhui Liu (6):
> dt-bindings: timer: thead,c900-aclint-mtimer: Add SpacemiT K3
> dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: thead,c900-aclint-mswi: Add SpacemiT K3
> dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: thead,c900-aclint-sswi: Add SpacemiT K3
> dt-bindings: timer: sifive,clint: Remove spacemit,k3-clint
> irqchip/aclint-sswi: Add support for SpacemiT K3
> riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: Replace incorrect CLINT node with ACLINT nodes
>
> .../thead,c900-aclint-mswi.yaml | 1 +
> .../thead,c900-aclint-sswi.yaml | 5 ++-
> .../devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml | 1 -
> .../bindings/timer/thead,c900-aclint-mtimer.yaml | 1 +
> arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi | 43 +++++++++++++++-------
> drivers/irqchip/irq-aclint-sswi.c | 1 +
> 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> ---

For the series, with my

Reviewed-by: Yixun Lan <dlan@xxxxxxxxxx>


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