Re: [PATCH 02/13] dt-bindings: memory: snps: Add Baikal-T1 DDRC support

From: Serge Semin
Date: Thu Sep 08 2022 - 05:46:46 EST


On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 12:14:21PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 26/08/2022 11:54, Serge Semin wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 11:12:28AM +0300, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 22/08/2022 22:19, Serge Semin wrote:
> >>> Baikal-T1 DDR controller is based on the DW uMCTL2 DDRC IP-core v2.51a
> >>> with up to DDR3 protocol capability and 32-bit data bus + 8-bit ECC. There
> >>> are individual IRQs for each ECC and DFI events.The dedicated scrubber
> >>
> >
> >> Missing space before "The".
> >
> > Ok. Thanks.
> >
> >>
> >>> clock source is absent since it's fully synchronous to the core clock.
> >>
> >
> >> You need allOf:if-then restricting this per variant.
> >
> > I really don't like the allOf-if-if-etc pattern because it gets to be
> > very bulky if all the vendor-specific and generic platform
> > peculiarities are placed in there. I am more keen of having a
> > generic DT-schema which would be then allOf-ed by the vendor-specific
> > device bindings. What do you think I'd provide such design in this
> > case too?
>
> Sure, it would work.
>
> >
> > But I'll need to move the compatible property definition to the
> > "select" property. Like this:
> >
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/snps,dw-umctl2-ddrc.yaml:
> > +[...]
> > +# Please create a separate DT-schema for your DW uMCTL2 DDR controller
> > +# and make sure it's assigned with the vendor-specific compatible string.
> > +select:
> > + properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + oneOf:
> > + - deprecated: true
> > + description: Synopsys DW uMCTL2 DDR controller v3.80a
> > + const: snps,ddrc-3.80a
> > + - description: Synopsys DW uMCTL2 DDR controller
> > + const: snps,dw-umctl2-ddrc
> > + - description: Xilinx ZynqMP DDR controller v2.40a
> > + const: xlnx,zynqmp-ddrc-2.40a
> > + required:
> > + - compatible
>

> Not entirely. If you need select, then add it with compatibles, but all
> descriptions and deprecated are staying in properties.

Ok. But note in such case the compatible string constraints will get
to be opened for any non-common string. Like this:

+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ oneOf:
+ - const: snps,ddrc-3.80a
+ - {}

It's required for the DT-schemas referencing the common one, otherwise
they will fail DT-nodes evaluation due to the "compatible" property
missing the vendor-specific string.

>
>
> > +
> > +properties:
> > + compatible: true
> > +[...]
> > +required:
> > + - compatible
> > + - reg
> > + - interrupts
> > +
> > +additionalProperties: true
> >
> > After that the "snps,dw-umctl2-ddrc.yaml" schema can be referenced in the
> > allOf composition. Like this:
> >
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/baikal,bt1-ddrc.yaml:
> > +[...]
> > +allOf:
> > + - $ref: /schemas/memory-controllers/snps,dw-umctl2-ddrc.yaml#
> > +[...]
> >
> > At the same time the generic DT-schema will be used to evaluate the
> > "snps,ddrc-3.80a", "snps,dw-umctl2-ddrc" and "xlnx,zynqmp-ddrc-2.40a"
> > device nodes as before. What do you think about that?
> >
> > One big positive side of this that even though the generic schema
> > can't define the IRQ/resets/clocks phandlers order because various
> > platforms may have different external signals setup, the
> > vendor-specific schema can and should. So I'll be able to describe the
> > Baikal-T1 DDRC specific properties (clocks, clock-names, interrupts,
> > interrupt-names, etc) in much more details including the reference
> > signals order what you asked in the previous patch review.
>

> It's ok. You need then second schema for your device, because something
> must end with additional/unevaluatedProperties false.

Right. I'll add a separate DT-schema for my device.

-Sergey

>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof