Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: document qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id

From: Dmitry Baryshkov
Date: Tue Jun 21 2022 - 15:26:49 EST


On 21/06/2022 21:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
The top level qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id properties are utilized by
bootloaders on Qualcomm MSM platforms to determine which device tree
should be used and passed to the kernel.

The commit b32e592d3c28 ("devicetree: bindings: Document qcom board
compatible format") from 2015 was a consensus during discussion about
upstreaming qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id fields. There are however still
problems with that consensus:
1. It was reached 7 years ago but it turned out its implementation did
not reach all possible products.

2. Initially additional tool (dtbTool) was needed for parsing these
fields to create a QCDT image consisting of multiple DTBs, later the
bootloaders were improved and they use these qcom,msm-id and
qcom,board-id properties directly.

I might be mistaken here. I think it was expected that dtbTool would use board compat strings to generate qcom,msm-id and qcom,board-id properties. It's not that the bootloaders were improved.


3. Extracting relevant information from the board compatible requires
this additional tool (dtbTool), which makes the build process more
complicated and not easily reproducible (DTBs are modified after the
kernel build).

4. Some versions of Qualcomm bootloaders expect these properties even
when booting with a single DTB. The community is stuck with these
bootloaders thus they require properties in the DTBs.

Since several upstreamed Qualcomm SoC-based boards require these
properties to properly boot and the properties are reportedly used by
bootloaders, document them.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a3c932d1-a102-ce18-deea-18cbbd05ecab@xxxxxxxxxx/
Co-developed-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml | 123 ++++++++++++++++++
include/dt-bindings/arm/qcom,ids.h | 30 +++++
2 files changed, 153 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/arm/qcom,ids.h

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
index 6c38c1387afd..05b98cde4653 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
@@ -403,6 +403,129 @@ properties:
- qcom,sm8450-qrd
- const: qcom,sm8450
+ # Board compatibles go above
+
+ qcom,msm-id:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-matrix
+ minItems: 1
+ maxItems: 8
+ items:
+ items:
+ - description: |
+ MSM chipset ID - an exact match value consisting of three bitfields::

two bitfields

+ - bits 0-15 - The unique MSM chipset ID
+ - bits 16-31 - Reserved; should be 0
+ - description: |
+ Hardware revision ID - a chipset specific 32-bit ID representing
+ the version of the chipset. It is best a match value - the
+ bootloader will look for the closest possible match.
+ deprecated: true
+ description:
+ The MSM chipset and hardware revision use by Qualcomm bootloaders. It
+ can optionally be an array of these to indicate multiple hardware that
+ use the same device tree. It is expected that the bootloader will use
+ this information at boot-up to decide which device tree to use when given
+ multiple device trees, some of which may not be compatible with the
+ actual hardware. It is the bootloader's responsibility to pass the
+ correct device tree to the kernel.
+ The property is deprecated - it is not expected on newer boards
+ (starting with SM8350).

Could you please elaborate this? If the AOSP team were to add e.g. SM8350-HDK to their single RB3+RB5 images, they would still need the qcom,board-id/qcom,msm-id properties to let the bootloader choose proper DTB.

+
+ qcom,board-id:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-matrix
+ minItems: 1
+ maxItems: 8
+ items:
+ oneOf:
+ - maxItems: 2
+ items:
+ - description: |
+ Board ID consisting of three bitfields::
+ - bits 31-24 - Unused
+ - bits 23-16 - Platform Version Major
+ - bits 15-8 - Platform Version Minor
+ - bits 7-0 - Platform Type
+ Platform Type field is an exact match value. The
+ Platform Major/Minor field is a best match. The bootloader will
+ look for the closest possible match.
+ - description: |
+ Subtype ID unique to a Platform Type/Chipset ID. For a given
+ Platform Type, there will typically only be a single board and the
+ subtype_id will be 0. However in some cases board variants may
+ need to be distinguished by different subtype_id values.
+ # OnePlus uses a variant of board-id with four elements:
+ - minItems: 4
+ items:
+ - const: 8
+ - const: 0
+ - description: OnePlus board ID
+ - description: OnePlus subtype ID
+ deprecated: true
+ description:
+ The board type and revision information. It can optionally be an array
+ of these to indicate multiple boards that use the same device tree. It
+ is expected that the bootloader will use this information at boot-up to
+ decide which device tree to use when given multiple device trees, some of
+ which may not be compatible with the actual hardware. It is the
+ bootloader's responsibility to pass the correct device tree to the
+ kernel
+ The property is deprecated - it is not expected on newer boards
+ (starting with SM8350).
+
+allOf:
+ # Explicit allow-list for older SoCs. The legacy properties are not allowed
+ # on newer SoCs.
+ - if:
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ contains:
+ enum:
+ - qcom,apq8026
+ - qcom,apq8094
+ - qcom,apq8096
+ - qcom,msm8992
+ - qcom,msm8994
+ - qcom,msm8996
+ - qcom,msm8998
+ - qcom,sdm630
+ - qcom,sdm632
+ - qcom,sdm845
+ - qcom,sdx55
+ - qcom,sdx65
+ - qcom,sm6125
+ - qcom,sm6350
+ - qcom,sm7225
+ - qcom,sm8150
+ - qcom,sm8250
+ then:
+ properties:
+ qcom,board-id: true
+ qcom,msm-id: true
+ else:
+ properties:
+ qcom,board-id: false
+ qcom,msm-id: false
+
+ - if:
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ contains:
+ enum:
+ - oneplus,cheeseburger
+ - oneplus,dumpling
+ - oneplus,enchilada
+ - oneplus,fajita
+ then:
+ properties:
+ qcom,board-id:
+ items:
+ minItems: 4
+ else:
+ properties:
+ qcom,board-id:
+ items:
+ maxItems: 2
+
additionalProperties: true
...
diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/arm/qcom,ids.h b/include/dt-bindings/arm/qcom,ids.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eaf86c18650f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/dt-bindings/arm/qcom,ids.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Linaro Ltd
+ * Author: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> based on previous work of Kumar Gala.
+ */
+#ifndef _DT_BINDINGS_ARM_QCOM_IDS_H
+#define _DT_BINDINGS_ARM_QCOM_IDS_H
+
+/* qcom,msm-id */
+#define QCOM_ID_APQ8026 199
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8916 206
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8994 207
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8996_3_0 246

2_0 too.
And then (according to 3.18):
8996-pro 305
8996-pro-auto 315
8996-auto 310

+#define QCOM_ID_APQ8016 247
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8216 248
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8116 249
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8616 250
+#define QCOM_ID_MSM8998 292
+#define QCOM_ID_SDM845 321

sdm845-v2.1-rb3.dts: qcom,msm-id = <341 0x20001>;
But this might be a typo

+
+/* qcom,board-id */
+#define QCOM_BOARD_ID(a, major, minor) \
+ (((major & 0xff) << 16) | ((minor & 0xff) << 8) | QCOM_BOARD_ID_##a)
+
+#define QCOM_BOARD_ID_MTP 8
+#define QCOM_BOARD_ID_DRAGONBOARD 10
+#define QCOM_BOARD_ID_SBC 24
+
+#endif /* _DT_BINDINGS_ARM_QCOM_IDS_H */


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With best wishes
Dmitry