linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] dt-bindings: add SMP enable-method for Broadcom NSP

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Date:	Sat, 5 Dec 2015 18:52:43 -0600
From:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:	Kapil Hali <kapilh@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] dt-bindings: add SMP enable-method for Broadcom NSP

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Kapil Hali <kapilh@...adcom.com> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> On 12/2/2015 8:56 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 11:24:05AM -0500, Kapil Hali wrote:
>>> Add a compatible string "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp" for Broadcom's
>>> Northstar Plus CPU to the 32-bit ARM CPU device tree binding
>>> documentation file and create a new binding documentation for
>>> Northstar Plus CPU.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kapil Hali <kapilh@...adcom.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt       | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt     |  1 +
>>>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..bf08872
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
>>> +Broadcom Northstar Plus SoC CPU Enable Method
>>> +---------------------------------------------
>>> +This binding defines the enable method used for starting secondary
>>> +CPUs in the following Broadcom SoCs:
>>> +  BCM58522, BCM58525, BCM58535, BCM58622, BCM58623, BCM58625, BCM88312
>>> +
>>> +The enable method is specified by defining the following required
>>> +properties in the "cpus" device tree node:
>>> +  - enable-method = "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp";
>>> +  - secondary-boot-reg = <...>;
>>
>> Both of these are supposed to be per cpu core.
>
> 'enable-method' if not found in 'cpu' node is looked at in the 'cpus'
> node. Except for two-three SoC families, 'enable-method' is within
> 'cpus' node. Is my interpretation incorrect? Did I miss anything here?

I'm not sure how you counted, but it is much more than 2-3 that are
correct (including all of PPC). It is quite mixed in dts files, but it
is documented to be per cpu node, so lets follow the documentation
please.

Rob
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