Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] dt-bindings: arm: coresight-tmc: Add "memory-region" property

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Jan 05 2024 - 04:54:42 EST


On 05/01/2024 06:58, Linu Cherian wrote:
> memory-region 0: Reserved trace buffer memory
>
> TMC ETR: When available, use this reserved memory region for
> trace data capture. Same region is used for trace data
> retention after a panic or watchdog reset.
>
> TMC ETF: When available, use this reserved memory region for
> trace data retention synced from internal SRAM after a panic or
> watchdog reset.
>
> memory-region 1: Reserved meta data memory
>
> TMC ETR, ETF: When available, use this memory for register
> snapshot retention synced from hardware registers after a panic
> or watchdog reset.
>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>

...

> + memory-region:
> + items:
> + - description: Reserved trace buffer memory for ETR and ETF sinks.
> + For ETR, this reserved memory region is used for trace data capture.
> + Same region is used for trace data retention as well after a panic
> + or watchdog reset.
> + This reserved memory region is used as trace buffer or used for trace
> + data retention only if specifically selected by the user in sysfs
> + interface.
> + The default memory usage models for ETR in sysfs/perf modes are
> + otherwise unaltered.
> +
> + For ETF, this reserved memory region is used by default for
> + retention of trace data synced from internal SRAM after a panic
> + or watchdog reset.
> + - description: Reserved meta data memory. Used for ETR and ETF sinks
> + for storing metadata.

If there is going to be new version/resend, add a blank line here. Keep
the Rb tag.


Best regards,
Krzysztof