Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] dt-bindings: PCI: brcmstb: Add brcm,enable-l1ss property

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 10:40:54AM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> This commit adds the boolean "brcm,enable-l1ss" property:
> 
>   The Broadcom STB/CM PCIe HW -- a core that is also used by RPi SOCs --
>   requires the driver probe() to deliberately place the HW one of three
>   CLKREQ# modes:
> 
>   (a) CLKREQ# driven by the RC unconditionally
>   (b) CLKREQ# driven by the EP for ASPM L0s, L1
>   (c) Bidirectional CLKREQ#, as used for L1 Substates (L1SS).
> 
>   The HW+driver can tell the difference between downstream devices that
>   need (a) and (b), but does not know when to configure (c).  All devices
>   should work fine when the driver chooses (a) or (b), but (c) may be
>   desired to realize the extra power savings that L1SS offers.  So we
>   introduce the boolean "brcm,enable-l1ss" property to inform the driver
>   that (c) is desired.  Setting this property only makes sense when the
>   downstream device is L1SS-capable and the OS is configured to activate
>   this mode (e.g. policy==powersupersave).
> 
>   This property is already present in the Raspian version of Linux, but the
>   upstream driver implementation that follows adds more details and
>   discerns between (a) and (b).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> index 7e15aae7d69e..8b61c2179608 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
> @@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ properties:
>  
>    aspm-no-l0s: true
>  
> +  brcm,enable-l1ss:
> +    description: Indicates that PCIe L1SS power savings
> +      are desired, the downstream device is L1SS-capable, and the
> +      OS has been configured to enable this mode.  For boards

What does this mean ? I don't think DT properties are supposed
to carry information related to how the OS is configured.

Again - it depends on what DT should be used for, I am not claiming to
have any authority on that, just asking.

Thanks,
Lorenzo

> +      using a mini-card connector, this mode may not meet the
> +      TCRLon maximum time of 400ns, as specified in 3.2.5.2.2
> +      of the PCI Express Mini CEM 2.0 specification.
> +    type: boolean
> +
>    brcm,scb-sizes:
>      description: u64 giving the 64bit PCIe memory
>        viewport size of a memory controller.  There may be up to
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>