RE: [PATCH V9 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM SMC/HVC mailbox

From: Peng Fan
Date: Thu Sep 26 2019 - 05:15:55 EST


Hi Andre,

> Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the
> ARM SMC/HVC mailbox
>
[...]
> > + supported identifier are passed from consumers, or listed in the
> > + the arm,func-id
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is now obsolete.
>
> The rest looks good to me, thanks for the changes!
>
> Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>

Thanks, I'll wait to see whether Rob and Jassi has some comments or not.

Then post out v10 to address your comments.

Thanks,
Peng.

>
> Cheers,
> Andre.
>
> > + property as described below. The firmware can return one value in
> > + the first SMC result register, it is expected to be an error value,
> > + which shall be propagated to the mailbox client.
> > +
> > + Any core which supports the SMC or HVC instruction can be used, as
> > + long as a firmware component running in EL3 or EL2 is handling these
> calls.
> > +
> > +properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + oneOf:
> > + - description:
> > + For implementations using ARM SMC instruction.
> > + const: arm,smc-mbox
> > +
> > + - description:
> > + For implementations using ARM HVC instruction.
> > + const: arm,hvc-mbox
> > +
> > + "#mbox-cells":
> > + const: 0
> > +
> > + arm,func-id:
> > + description: |
> > + An single 32-bit value specifying the function ID used by the
> mailbox.
> > + The function ID follows the ARM SMC calling convention standard.
> > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > +
> > +required:
> > + - compatible
> > + - "#mbox-cells"
> > + - arm,func-id
> > +
> > +examples:
> > + - |
> > + sram@93f000 {
> > + compatible = "mmio-sram";
> > + reg = <0x0 0x93f000 0x0 0x1000>;
> > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > + #size-cells = <1>;
> > + ranges = <0x0 0x93f000 0x1000>;
> > +
> > + cpu_scp_lpri: scp-shmem@0 {
> > + compatible = "arm,scmi-shmem";
> > + reg = <0x0 0x200>;
> > + };
> > + };
> > +
> > + smc_tx_mbox: tx_mbox {
> > + #mbox-cells = <0>;
> > + compatible = "arm,smc-mbox";
> > + arm,func-id = <0xc20000fe>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + firmware {
> > + scmi {
> > + compatible = "arm,scmi";
> > + mboxes = <&smc_tx_mbox>;
> > + mbox-names = "tx";
> > + shmem = <&cpu_scp_lpri>;
> > + };
> > + };
> > +
> > +...