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Message-ID: <CAL1qeaEt9kGbcCfwqhVzwJxx9DvgOnjfU6C8MCH6t0vqwJK0WA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:46:49 -0700
From:	Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	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>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 4/9] mfd: Add binding document for NVIDIA Tegra XUSB

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
>
>> Lee,
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
>> >
>> >> Add a binding document for the XUSB host complex on NVIDIA Tegra124
>> >> and later SoCs.  The XUSB host complex includes a mailbox for
>> >> communication with the XUSB micro-controller and an xHCI host-controller.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>
>> >> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
>> >> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
>> >> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>> >> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>
>> >> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
>> >> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
>> >> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
>> >> ---
>> >> New for v7.
>> >> ---
>> >>  .../bindings/mfd/nvidia,tegra124-xusb.txt          | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
>> >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/nvidia,tegra124-xusb.txt
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/nvidia,tegra124-xusb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/nvidia,tegra124-xusb.txt
>> >> new file mode 100644
>> >> index 0000000..6a46680
>> >> --- /dev/null
>> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/nvidia,tegra124-xusb.txt
>> >> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
>> >> +NVIDIA Tegra XUSB host copmlex
>> >> +==============================
>> >> +
>> >> +The XUSB host complex on Tegra124 and later SoCs contains an xHCI host
>> >> +controller and a mailbox for communication with the XUSB micro-controller.
>> >> +
>> >> +Required properties:
>> >> +--------------------
>> >> + - compatible: For Tegra124, must contain "nvidia,tegra124-xusb".
>> >> +   Otherwise, must contain '"nvidia,<chip>-xusb", "nvidia,tegra124-xusb"'
>> >> +   where <chip> is tegra132.
>> >
>> > Okay.  Why?
>>
>> Why what?  This is the convention used for Tegra bindings and is also
>> documented in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt.
>> See nvidia,tegra114-spi.txt and nvidia,tegra20-i2c.txt for other
>> examples of this.
>
> It seems strange to me that you'd mention two specific chips in one
> compatible string.  What's the purpose of that?

The Tegra maintainers can correct me if I'm wrong here, but the point
is, I think, to future-proof the binding.  There are currently no
differences between Tegra124 and Tegra132 that need to be accounted
for in the driver, so the driver need only match against
"nvidia,tegra124-xusb".  If a Tegra132-specific quirk comes about
later all Tegra132 device-trees will also include the
"nvidia,tegra132-*" compatible string, so we can simply update the
driver without breaking DT backwards-compatibility.

>> >> + - reg: Must contain register base and length for each register set listed
>> >> +   in reg-names.
>> >
>> > You've mentioned 2 of the cells, what about the remaining 2?
>>
>> The example given was for Tegra124, where there are two address cells
>> and two size cells.
>
> I don't get that.  How does that work?

Tegra124 has a physical address space of > 4GB because of LPAE, thus a
single cell each for address and size is not sufficient.  The arm64
Tegra SoCs will obviously also use two address and size cells.  Take a
look at arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra124.dtsi.

-Andrew
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