linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] devicetree: Add generic IOMMU device tree bindings

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Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 21:06:16 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
Cc:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Cho KyongHo <pullip.cho@...sung.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
	Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu@...dia.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux IOMMU <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
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	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] devicetree: Add generic IOMMU device tree bindings

On Friday 30 May 2014 08:16:05 Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Thierry Reding
> <thierry.reding@...il.com> wrote:
> > From: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> > +IOMMU master node:
> > +==================
> > +
> > +Devices that access memory through an IOMMU are called masters. A device can
> > +have multiple master interfaces (to one or more IOMMU devices).
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +--------------------
> > +- iommus: A list of phandle and IOMMU specifier pairs that describe the IOMMU
> > +  master interfaces of the device. One entry in the list describes one master
> > +  interface of the device.
> > +
> > +When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
> > +be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
> > +device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
> > +referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
> > +parent shall take effect.
> 
> Just thinking out loud, could you have dma-ranges in the iommu node
> for the case when the iommu is enabled rather than putting the DMA
> window information into the iommus property?
> 
> This would probably mean that you need both #iommu-cells and #address-cells.

The reason for doing like this was that you may need a different window
for each device, while there can only be one dma-ranges property in 
an iommu node.

> > +
> > +Optional properties:
> > +--------------------
> > +- iommu-names: A list of names identifying each entry in the "iommus"
> > +  property.
> 
> Do we really need a name here? I would not expect that you have
> clearly documented names here from the datasheet like you would for
> interrupts or clocks, so you'd just be making up names. Sorry, but I'm
> not a fan of names properties in general.

Good point, this was really overdesign by modeling it after other
subsystems that can have a use for names.
 
> > +Multiple-master IOMMU:
> > +----------------------
> > +
> > +       iommu {
> > +               /* the specifier represents the ID of the master */
> > +               #address-cells = <1>;
> > +               #size-cells = <0>;
> > +       };
> > +
> > +       master {
> > +               /* device has master ID 42 in the IOMMU */
> > +               iommus = <&/iommu 42>;
> > +       };
> 
> Presumably the ID would be the streamID on ARM's SMMU. How would a
> master with 8 streamIDs be described? This is what Calxeda midway has
> for SATA and I would expect that to be somewhat common. Either you
> need some ID masking or you'll have lots of duplication when you have
> windows.

I don't understand the problem. If you have stream IDs 0 through 7,
you would have

	master@a {
		...
		iommus = <&smmu 0>;
	};

	master@b {
		...
		iommus = <&smmu 1;
	};

	...

	master@12 {
		...
		iommus = <&smmu 7;
	};

and you don't need a window at all. Why would you need a mask of
some sort?

	Arnd
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