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Message-ID: <d5c89037-f4fa-6ab7-dbca-d63f64c90fdc@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 16:38:30 -0600
From: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/12] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: add IPA bindings
On 11/7/18 5:50 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:33 AM Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>> Add the binding definitions for the "qcom,ipa" and "qcom,rmnet-ipa"
>> device tree nodes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
>> ---
>> .../devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ipa.txt | 136 ++++++++++++++++++
>> .../bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rmnet-ipa.txt | 15 ++
>> 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ipa.txt
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,rmnet-ipa.txt
>
> I think this should go into bindings/net instead of bindings/soc, since it's
> mostly about networking rather than a specific detail of managing the SoC
> itself.
Done (in my tree--and will be reflected next time I send something out).
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ipa.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ipa.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..d4d3d37df029
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ipa.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
>> +Qualcomm IPA (IP Accelerator) Driver
>> +
>> +This binding describes the Qualcomm IPA. The IPA is capable of offloading
>> +certain network processing tasks (e.g. filtering, routing, and NAT) from
>> +the main processor. The IPA currently serves only as a network interface,
>> +providing access to an LTE network available via a modem.
>
> That doesn't belong into the binding. Say what the hardware can do here,
> not what a specific implementation of the driver does at this moment.
> The binding should be written in an OS independent way after all.
OK.
>> +- interrupts-extended:
>> + Specifies the IRQs used by the IPA. Four cells are required,
>> + specifying: the IPA IRQ; the GSI IRQ; the clock query interrupt
>> + from the modem; and the "ready for stage 2 initialization"
>> + interrupt from the modem. The first two are hardware IRQs; the
>> + third and fourth are SMP2P input interrupts.
>
> You mean 'four interrupts', not 'four cells' -- each interrupt specifier
> already consists of at least two cells (one for the phandle to the
> irqchip, plus one or more cells to describe that interrupt).
OK.
>> +- interconnects:
>> + Specifies the interconnects used by the IPA. Three cells are
>> + required, specifying: the path from the IPA to memory; from
>> + IPA to internal (SoC resident) memory; and between the AP
>> + subsystem and IPA for register access.
>
> Same here and in the rest.
OK, I've fixed all of these. Thank you.
-Alex
>
> Arnd
>
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