Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: RISC-V local interrupt controller
From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Aug 13 2018 - 11:36:53 EST
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 09:56:00AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add documentation on the RISC-V local interrupt controller, which is a
> per-hart interrupt controller that manages all interrupts entering a
> RISC-V hart. This interrupt controller is present on all RISC-V systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> [hch: minor cleanups]
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
> .../interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b0a8af51c388
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +RISC-V Hart-Level Interrupt Controller (HLIC)
> +---------------------------------------------
> +
> +RISC-V cores include Control Status Registers (CSRs) which are local to each
> +CPU core (HART in RISC-V terminology) and can be read or written by software.
> +Some of these CSRs are used to control local interrupts connected to the core.
> +Every interrupt is ultimately routed through a hart's HLIC before it
> +interrupts that hart.
> +
> +The RISC-V supervisor ISA manual specifies three interrupt sources that are
> +attached to every HLIC: software interrupts, the timer interrupt, and external
> +interrupts. Software interrupts are used to send IPIs between cores. The
> +timer interrupt comes from an architecturally mandated real-time timer that is
> +controller via Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) calls and CSR reads. External
s/controller/controlled/
> +interrupts connect all other device interrupts to the HLIC, which are routed
> +via the platform-level interrupt controller (PLIC).
> +
> +All RISC-V systems that conform to the supervisor ISA specification are
> +required to have a HLIC with these three interrupt sources present. Since the
> +interrupt map is defined by the ISA it's not listed in the HLIC's device tree
> +entry, though external interrupt controllers (like the PLIC, for example) will
> +need to define how their interrupts map to the relevant HLICs. This means
> +a PLIC interrupt property will typically list the HLICs for all present HARTs
> +in the system.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : "riscv,cpu-intc"
> +- #interrupt-cells : should be <1>
Given that there's only 3 sources and they are fixed(?), you should
define the numbering of them here.
> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
> +
> +Furthermore, this interrupt-controller MUST be embedded inside the cpu
> +definition of the hart whose CSRs control these local interrupts.
> +
> +An example device tree entry for a HLIC is show below.
> +
> + cpu1: cpu@1 {
> + compatible = "riscv";
> + ...
> + cpu1-intc: interrupt-controller {
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc", "sifive,fu540-c000-cpu-intc";
The order here should be reversed (most specific first) and
"sifive,fu540-c000-cpu-intc" needs to be listed above.
> + interrupt-controller;
> + };
> + };
> --
> 2.18.0
>