linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] coresight: bindings for CPU debug module

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:49:53 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Wei Xu <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Guodong Xu <guodong.xu@...aro.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] coresight: bindings for CPU debug module

Hi Mathieu,

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:13:35AM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:

[...]

> > +- compatible : should be
> > +	     * "arm,coresight-cpu-debug"; supplemented with "arm,primecell"
> > +	       since this driver is using the AMBA bus interface.
> 
> This description needs to be refactored - see my comment from an earlier post
> for more details.

I have refined this description according to your suggestion:
http://archive.armlinux.org.uk/lurker/message/20170301.154550.f55a09d5.en.html

Am I missing anthing for this?

> > +- reg : physical base address and length of the register set.
> > +
> > +- clocks : the clock associated to this component.
> > +
> > +- clock-names : the name of the clock referenced by the code. Since we are
> > +                using the AMBA framework, the name of the clock providing
> > +		the interconnect should be "apb_pclk" and the clock is
> > +		mandatory. The interface between the debug logic and the
> > +		processor core is clocked by the internal CPU clock, so it
> > +		is enabled with CPU clock by default.
> > +
> > +- cpu : the cpu phandle the debug module is affined to. When omitted
> > +	the module is considered to belong to CPU0.
> > +
> > +Optional properties:
> 
> s/properties/property
> 
> > +
> > +- power-domains: a phandle to power domain node for debug module. We can
> > +		 use "nohlt" to ensure CPU power domain is enabled.
> 
> The "power-domains" property is to take care of the debug power domain.  The
> "nohlt" is to make sure registers in the CPU power domain are accessible - both
> are independent from one another.  As such the description for this binding
> shoudl be:
> 
> "a phandle to the debug power domain".

Will fix for upper two comments.

Thanks,
Leo Yan