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Message-ID: <56518DCE.2010309@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:41:34 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	jason@...edaemon.net, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com,
	gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, simon.guinot@...uanux.org,
	nadavh@...vell.com, alior@...vell.com, xswang@...vell.com,
	myair@...vell.com, nitroshift@...oo.com, jaz@...ihalf.com,
	tn@...ihalf.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] ARM: mvebu: add buffer manager nodes to
 armada-38x.dtsi

Hello.

On 11/22/2015 10:53 AM, Marcin Wojtas wrote:

> Armada 38x network controller supports hardware buffer management (BM).
> Since it is now enabled in mvneta driver, appropriate nodes can be added
> to armada-38x.dtsi - for the actual common BM unit (bm@...00) and its
> internal SRAM (bm-bppi), which is used for indirect access to buffer
> pointer ring residing in DRAM.
>
> Pools - ports mapping, bm-bppi entry in 'soc' node's ranges and optional
> parameters are supposed to be set in board files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
> index b7868b2..b9f4ce2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-38x.dtsi
> @@ -539,6 +539,14 @@
>   				status = "disabled";
>   			};
>
> +			bm: bm@...00 {

    The ePAPR standard tells us to give generic names to the device nodes, 
hence this should be named "buffer-manager" (?).

[...]
> @@ -617,6 +625,16 @@
>   			#size-cells = <1>;
>   			ranges = <0 MBUS_ID(0x09, 0x15) 0 0x800>;
>   		};
> +
> +		bm_bppi: bm-bppi {

    And this one "memory" (?).

[...]

MBR, Sergei

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