Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] dt-bindings: add img,pvrsgx.yaml for Imagination GPUs

From: H. Nikolaus Schaller
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 08:43:38 EST



> Am 15.04.2020 um 12:12 schrieb Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 10:35:08AM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> The Imagination PVR/SGX GPU is part of several SoC from
>> multiple vendors, e.g. TI OMAP, Ingenic JZ4780, Intel Poulsbo,
>> Allwinner A83 and others.
>>
>> With this binding, we describe how the SGX processor is
>> interfaced to the SoC (registers, interrupt etc.).
>>
>> In most cases, Clock, Reset and power management is handled
>> by a parent node or elsewhere (e.g. code in the driver).
>
> Wouldn't the "code in the driver" still require the clock / reset /
> power domain to be set in the DT?

Well, some SoC seem to use existing clocks and have no reset.
Or, although not recommended, they may have the io-address range
hard-coded.

BR,
Nikolaus