linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: provide mechanism for drivers to access L2 registers

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Message-ID: <3b834d0f-dc8e-86da-0bbd-f7ec72618f5d@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 May 2016 16:38:48 -0400
From:	Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
To:	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
	Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>, cov@...eaurora.org,
	ashwin.chaugule@...aro.org, sboyd@...eaurora.org,
	nleeder@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: provide mechanism for drivers to access L2
 registers



On 5/26/2016 12:48 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Tue 24 May 12:54 PDT 2016, Neil Leeder wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 5/24/2016 07:23 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 02:22:59PM -0400, Neil Leeder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 5/23/2016 01:25 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 03:13:07PM -0400, Neil Leeder wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig              |  9 +++++
>>>>>>  drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile             |  1 +
>>>>>>  drivers/soc/qcom/l2-accessors.c       | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>  include/linux/soc/qcom/l2-accessors.h | 27 ++++++++++++++
>>>>>>  4 files changed, 103 insertions(+)
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/l2-accessors.c
>>>>>>  create mode 100644 include/linux/soc/qcom/l2-accessors.h
>>>>>
>>>>> These are awfully generic file names (and function names). Which SoCs
>>>>> does this apply to?
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be good to give these more specific names.
>>>>
>>>> It's under soc/qcom, and dependent on ARCH_QCOM and (in v2) also on ARM64. It applies to all QCOM ARM64 SoCs.
>>>
>>> Per Christopher's comment, it sounds like this applies to QDF24xx.
>>>
>>> Given that the code uses IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED system registers, I
>>> presume that this does not apply to MSM8916 which uses Cortex-A53, for
>>> example (though perhaps it does, and I am mistaken).
>>>
>>>> Given that it can only be used in a QCOM driver, and the include path has qcom in it, I'd
>>>> prefer not to add redundancy by adding another qcom in there.
>>>
>>> I'm not asking for another "qcom", but simply the SoC variant or family
>>> (e.g. "qdf24xx" would be fine).
>>>
>>
>> It applies to all ARMv8 SoCs with QCOM processors in them. So QDF24xx
>> and mobile 820, but not SoCs with ARM processors in them such as
>> MSM8916. So neither msm_ nor qdf_ are accurate prefixes.
> 
> What's the code name for the SoC in QDF24xx? The 820 is Kryo, is it the
> same core in QDF24xx or does that have some other name.
> 
> We should try to pick something adding value, not adding another generic
> thing.

There is currently no public name for the QDF24xx core.

> 
>> As Timur pointed out, the majority of source files in drivers/soc/qcom
>> don't have any prefix, which is a reason why I didn't include one.
>>
> 
> There's no reason to add a generic "qcom" to the qcom folder, if
> anything we should drop the "qcom" prefix of the only one in there.
> 
> Regards,
> Bjorn
> 

Neil

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