Re: [PATCH 01/12] dt-bindings: power: Add bindings for the Mediatek SCPSYS power domains controller

[Rob Herring]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:59 AM Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 12/09/2020 01:02, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 07:28:15PM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote:
> >> The System Control Processor System (SCPSYS) has several power management
> >> related tasks in the system. Add the bindings to define the power
> >> domains for the SCPSYS power controller.
> >>
> >> Co-developed-by: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Dear Rob,
> >>
> >> I am awasre that this binding is not ready, but I prefered to send because I'm
> >> kind of blocked. Compiling this binding triggers the following error:
> >>
> >>      mediatek,power-controller.example.dt.yaml: syscon@10006000: mfg_async@7:
> >>      '#address-cells', '#size-cells', 'mfg_2d@8'
> >>      do not match any of the regexes: 'pinctrl-[0-9]+'
> >>
> >> This happens when a definition of a power-domain (parent) contains
> >> another power-domain (child), like the example. I am not sure how to
> >> specify this in the yaml and deal with this, so any clue is welcome.
> >
> > You just have to keep nesting schemas all the way down. Define a
> > grandchild node under the child node and then all of its properties.
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>    Enric
> >>
> >>   .../power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml      | 171 ++++++++++++++++++
> >>   1 file changed, 171 insertions(+)
> >>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..8be9244ad160
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
> >> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> >> +%YAML 1.2
> >> +---
> >> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/power/mediatek,power-controller.yaml#
> >> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> >> +
> >> +title: Mediatek Power Domains Controller
> >> +
> >> +maintainers:
> >> +  - Weiyi Lu <weiyi.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> +  - Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@xxxxxxxx>
> >> +
> >> +description: |
> >> +  Mediatek processors include support for multiple power domains which can be
> >> +  powered up/down by software based on different application scenes to save power.
> >> +
> >> +  IP cores belonging to a power domain should contain a 'power-domains'
> >> +  property that is a phandle for SCPSYS node representing the domain.
> >> +
> >> +properties:
> >> +  $nodename:
> >> +    pattern: "^syscon@[0-9a-f]+$"
> >> +
> >> +  compatible:
> >> +    items:
> >> +      - enum:
> >> +        - mediatek,mt8173-power-controller
> >> +      - const: syscon
> >> +
> >> +  reg:
> >> +    maxItems: 1
> >> +
> >> +patternProperties:
> >> +  "^.*@[0-9]$":
> >
> > Node names should be generic:
> >
> > power-domain@
> >
>
> Enric correct me if I'm wrong, if we want to see the power domains in debugfs,
> they are listed by their name. If all are called power-domain then the listing
> is pretty much useless.

Sorry, but not a binding problem.

Maybe if debugfs shows what devices are contained within a power
domain then it doesn't matter so much.

> >> +    type: object
> >> +    description: |
> >> +      Represents the power domains within the power controller node as documented
> >> +      in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power-domain.yaml.
> >> +
> >> +    properties:
> >> +      reg:
> >> +        description: |
> >> +          Power domain index. Valid values are defined in:
> >> +              "include/dt-bindings/power/mt8173-power.h" - for MT8173 type power domain.
> >> +        maxItems: 1
> >> +
> >> +      '#power-domain-cells':
> >> +        description:
> >> +          Documented by the generic PM Domain bindings in
> >> +          Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power-domain.yaml.
> >
> > No need to redefine a common property. This should define valid values
> > for it.
> >
> >> +
> >> +      clocks:
> >> +        description: |
> >> +          A number of phandles to clocks that need to be enabled during domain
> >> +          power-up sequencing.
> >
> > No need to redefine 'clocks'. You need to define how many, what each one
> > is, and the order.
> >
>
> Do you mean we have to define each clock for each power domain of each SoC?

Yes.

Rob