linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/22] dt-bindings: arm: scmi: add ARM MHU specific mailbox client bindings

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Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 16:31:55 +0530
From:   Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        ALKML <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roy Franz <roy.franz@...ium.com>,
        Harb Abdulhamid <harba@...eaurora.org>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Loc Ho <lho@....com>, Alexey Klimov <alexey.klimov@....com>,
        Ryan Harkin <Ryan.Harkin@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/22] dt-bindings: arm: scmi: add ARM MHU specific
 mailbox client bindings

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 02:11:27PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> This patch adds ARM MHU specific mailbox client bindings to support
>> SCMI. Since SCMI specification just requires doorbell mechanism from
>> mailbox controllers, we add mailbox data to specify the doorbell bit(s).
>>
>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,mhu-scmi.txt          | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,mhu-scmi.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,mhu-scmi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,mhu-scmi.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..8c106f1cdeb8
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,mhu-scmi.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
>> +ARM MHU mailbox client bindings for SCMI Message Protocol
>> +----------------------------------------------------------
>> +
>> +This binding is intended to define the ARM MHU specific extensions to
>> +the generic SCMI bindings[2].
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +The scmi node with the following properties shall be under the /firmware/ node.
>> +
>> +- compatible : shall be "arm,scmi" and "arm,mhu-scmi"
>
> Most specific first.
>
>> +- mbox-data : For each phandle listed in mboxes property, an unsigned 32-bit
>> +           data as expected by the mailbox controller
>
> Shouldn't that be cells as part of mboxes property?
>
A MHU client can send any number of commands (such u32 values) over a channel.
This client (SCMI) sends just one command over a channel, but other
clients may/do send two or more.