Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: PCI: brcmstb: Add two optional props

[Florian Fainelli]

On 4/6/23 11:34, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 06/04/2023 14:46, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > Regarding "brcm,enable-l1ss":
> >
> >    The Broadcom STB/CM PCIe HW -- which is also used by RPi SOCs -- requires
> >    the driver probe to configure one of three clkreq# modes:
> >
> >    (a) clkreq# driven by the RC
> >    (b) clkreq# driven by the EP for ASPM L0s, L1
> >    (c) bidirectional clkreq#, as used for L1 Substates (L1SS).
> >
> >    The HW can tell the difference between (a) and (b), but does not know
> >    when to configure (c).  Further, the HW will cause a CPU abort on boot if
> >    guesses wrong regarding the need for (c).  So we introduce the boolean
> >    "brcm,enable-l1ss" property to indicate that (c) is desired.  This
> >    property is already present in the Raspian version of Linux, but the
> >    driver implementaion that will follow adds more details and discerns
> >    between (a) and (b).
> >
> > Regarding "brcm,completion-timeout-msecs"
> >
> >    Our HW will cause a CPU abort if the L1SS exit time is longer than the
> >    completion abort timeout.  We've been asked to make this configurable, so
> >    we are introducing "brcm,completion-abort-msecs".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <jim2101024@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml       | 12 ++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> > index 7e15aae7d69e..ef4ccc05b258 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> > @@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ properties:
> >   
> >     aspm-no-l0s: true
> >   
> > +  brcm,enable-l1ss:
> > +    description: Indicates that the downstream device is L1SS
> > +      capable and L1SS is desired, e.g. by setting
> > +      CONFIG_PCIEASPM_POWER_SUPERSAVE=y.  Note that CLKREQ#
>
> How does CONFIG_PCIEASPM_POWER_SUPERSAVE apply to *BSD?

In other words, there should be no OS/Linux specific comments in a 
Device Tree binding, which would be a friendlier and nicer way of 
providing the same feedback.
--
Florian