RE: [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: firmware: Add bindings for ZynqMP firmware
From: Jolly Shah
Date: Wed Jan 31 2018 - 13:04:46 EST
Hi Rob,
Thanks for the review,
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: firmware: Add bindings for ZynqMP
> firmware
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 03:21:11PM -0800, Jolly Shah wrote:
> > Add documentation to describe Xilinx ZynqMP firmware driver bindings.
> > Firmware driver provides an interface to firmware APIs. Interface APIs
> > can be used by any driver to communicate to PMUFW (Platform Management
> > Unit).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jolly Shah <jollys@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rajan Vaja <rajanv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt | 16
> ++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware
> > .txt
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmwa
> > re.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmwa
> > re.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..a7aaf56
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-fi
> > +++ rmware.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> > +Xilinx Zynq MPSoC Firmware Device Tree Bindings
> > +
> > +The zynqmp-firmware node describes the interface to platform firmware.
>
> Please define this a is child of /firmware.
>
I dint get you. It is already under firmware/xilinx.
> Also, some brief summary of what functions the firmware provides would be
> nice.
>
Sure. Will add it in next version.
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > + - compatible: Must contain: "xlnx,zynqmp-firmware"
> > + - method: The method of calling the PM-API firmware layer.
> > + Permitted values are:
> > + - "smc" : To be used in configurations without a hypervisor
> > + - "hvc" : To be used when hypervisor is present
>
> Do you really need to support hvc?
Yes we do support hvc and smc both.
>
> > +
> > +Examples:
> > + zynqmp_firmware: zynqmp-firmware {
> > + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-firmware";
> > + method = "smc";
> > + };
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >