linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] pci: iProc: define Broadcom iProc PCIe binding

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Message-ID: <548D5CD1.10801@broadcom.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:48:01 +0100
From:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
	Christian Daudt <bcm@...thebug.org>,
	<linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>,
	"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] pci: iProc: define Broadcom iProc PCIe binding

On 12/13/14 20:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 13 December 2014 11:05:52 Arend van Spriel wrote:
>>
>> Makes sense. I think that is what Hauke meant by "adding
>> additional support for registering to bcma". So the discovery info is a
>> piece of read-only memory in the chip. Its address is stored in the
>> chipcommon core register space. BCMA parses that memory blob resulting
>> in a list of cores which register address info. We could add DT support
>> in BCMA matching the compatible string and register a core for it.
>
> Ah, interesting idea. That would mirror what we do for drivers/amba,
> I like the idea.

+ Rafal

Let's explore this. Although I don't have the iProc hardware to verify it.

>> However, apart from the discovery info a "discoverable ARM AXI" chip has
>> a register space per core that provides common procedures like
>> enable/disable, reset, core status, which are implemented in BCMA. I am
>> not seeing that register space in the DT examples so I guess this IP
>> block is not there for iProc chips.
>
> I wouldn't draw conclusions from the absence of some node. Maybe these
> registers are present but just not used by the original BSP.

I do not intend to. We have raised the question internally to iProc chip 
designers.

Regards,
Arend
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