Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: qcom: Add IPCC support for Glymur Platform

From: Jingyi Wang

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 22:04:28 EST




On 10/31/2025 3:11 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 06:53:59AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 29/10/2025 18:23, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 04:49:30PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 29/10/2025 09:15, Jingyi Wang wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mailbox/qcom,glymur-ipcc.h b/include/dt-bindings/mailbox/qcom,glymur-ipcc.h
>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>> index 000000000000..3ab8189974a5
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/mailbox/qcom,glymur-ipcc.h
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
>>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause */
>>>>> +/*
>>>>> + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#ifndef __DT_BINDINGS_MAILBOX_IPCC_GLYMUR_H
>>>>> +#define __DT_BINDINGS_MAILBOX_IPCC_GLYMUR_H
>>>>> +
>>>>> +/* Glymur physical client IDs */
>>>>> +#define IPCC_MPROC_AOP 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here the same - not used by Linux.
>>>
>>> How is this different from e.g.:
>>>
>>> include/dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h:#define GIC_SPI 0
>>
>> $ git grep GIC_SPI
>> drivers/irqchip/irq-mchp-eic.c
>>
>
> My interpretation of that snippet (and the other use cases) is that they
> are programmatically constructing the values of a DT property, not that
> they define the SW API.
>
>> How is this not used by Linux? What is drivers/irqchip/foo.c if not a
>> Linux driver?
>>
>
> No argument there.
>
> [..]
>>>
>>>> Or provide explanation in terms what Linux interface you are binding
>>>> here (please focus on Linux or other SW).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't we use include/dt-bindings to define hardware constants for use in
>>
>> No, we do not.
>>
>
> I have completely missed this. Perhaps this is the first use case, but
> the result is non-the-less:
>
> $ find arch/*/boot/dts/qcom -name '*.h' | wc -l
> 0
>
>
> But this makes sense, and I like it.
>
> @Jingyi, as these header constants are consumed only by DeviceTree
> source, please move them to arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/
>
> Thanks,
> Bjorn

Well noted.

Thanks,
Jingyi