Re: [PATCH v2 05/27] dts: bindings: Document device tree binding for CATU

From: Mathieu Poirier
Date: Mon May 14 2018 - 10:42:36 EST


On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:05:56AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Suzuki K Poulose
> <Suzuki.Poulose@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Rob, Mathieu,
> >
> >
> > On 03/05/18 18:42, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> >>
> >> On 1 May 2018 at 07:10, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 10:10:35AM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Document CATU device-tree bindings. CATU augments the TMC-ETR
> >>>> by providing an improved Scatter Gather mechanism for streaming
> >>>> trace data to non-contiguous system RAM pages.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Cc: frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> >>>> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxx>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt | 52
> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>> 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
> >>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
> >>>> index 15ac8e8..cdd84d0 100644
> >>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
> >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
> >>>> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ its hardware characteristcs.
> >>>>
> >>>> - System Trace Macrocell:
> >>>> "arm,coresight-stm", "arm,primecell"; [1]
> >>>> + - Coresight Address Translation Unit (CATU)
> >>>> + "arm, coresight-catu", "arm,primecell";
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> spurious space ^
> >
> >
> > Thanks for spotting, will fix it.
> >
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> * reg: physical base address and length of the register
> >>>> set(s) of the component.
> >>>> @@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ its hardware characteristcs.
> >>>> * arm,buffer-size: size of contiguous buffer space for TMC ETR
> >>>> (embedded trace router)
> >>>>
> >>>> +* Optional property for CATU :
> >>>> + * interrupts : Exactly one SPI may be listed for reporting the
> >>>> address
> >>>> + error
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Somewhere you need to define the ports for the CATU.
> >
> >
> > The ports are defined common to all the coresight components. Would you
> > like it to be added just for the CATU ?
>
> Yeah, that's probably how we got into this problem with the port
> numbering in the first place.
>
>
> >>>> Example:
> >>>>
> >>>> @@ -118,6 +123,35 @@ Example:
> >>>> };
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> + etr@20070000 {
> >>>> + compatible = "arm,coresight-tmc", "arm,primecell";
> >>>> + reg = <0 0x20070000 0 0x1000>;
> >>>> +
> >>>> + /* input port */
> >>>> + port@0 {
> >>>> + reg = <0>;
> >>>> + etr_in_port: endpoint {
> >>>> + slave-mode;
> >>>> + remote-endpoint =
> >>>> <&replicator2_out_port0>;
> >>>> + };
> >>>> + };
> >>>> +
> >>>> + /* CATU link represented by output port */
> >>>> + port@1 {
> >>>> + reg = <0>;
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> While common in the Coresight bindings, having unit-address and reg not
> >>> match is an error. Mathieu and I discussed this a bit as dtc now warns
> >>> on these.
> >>>
> >>> Either reg should be 1 here, or 'ports' needs to be split into input and
> >>> output ports. My preference would be the former, but Mathieu objected to
> >>> this not reflecting the the h/w numbering.
> >>
> >>
> >> Suzuki, as we discuss this is related to your work on revamping CS
> >> bindings for ACPI. Until that gets done and to move forward with this
> >> set I suggest you abide to Rob's request.
> >
> >
> > Ok, I can change it to <1>, as we don't expect any other output port for an
> > ETR.
>
> Better let Mathieu confirm he's okay with the first option because he
> wasn't okay with changing the port reg when we discussed. But maybe
> that was just on existing things like TPIU.

I'm good with this one as it is a new component and doesn't change anything
that people could be relying on.

>
> Rob