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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqK7xPTYFzSXt52m+Z0LRcFy2TUfa45XzY1YGH0-JRA-WQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:13:47 -0500
From: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
Cc: "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
"jassisinghbrar@...il.com" <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM
SMC/HVC mailbox
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 4:51 AM Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com> wrote:
>
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
>
> The ARM SMC/HVC mailbox binding describes a firmware interface to trigger
> actions in software layers running in the EL2 or EL3 exception levels.
> The term "ARM" here relates to the SMC instruction as part of the ARM
> instruction set, not as a standard endorsed by ARM Ltd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ae677e0c0910
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: ARM SMC Mailbox Interface
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> +
> +description: |
> + This mailbox uses the ARM smc (secure monitor call) and hvc (hypervisor
> + call) instruction to trigger a mailbox-connected activity in firmware,
> + executing on the very same core as the caller. By nature this operation
> + is synchronous and this mailbox provides no way for asynchronous messages
> + to be delivered the other way round, from firmware to the OS, but
> + asynchronous notification could also be supported. However the value of
> + r0/w0/x0 the firmware returns after the smc call is delivered as a received
> + message to the mailbox framework, so a synchronous communication can be
> + established, for a asynchronous notification, no value will be returned.
> + The exact meaning of both the action the mailbox triggers as well as the
> + return value is defined by their users and is not subject to this binding.
> +
> + One use case of this mailbox is the SCMI interface, which uses shared memory
> + to transfer commands and parameters, and a mailbox to trigger a function
> + call. This allows SoCs without a separate management processor (or when
> + such a processor is not available or used) to use this standardized
> + interface anyway.
> +
> + This binding describes no hardware, but establishes a firmware interface.
> + Upon receiving an SMC using one of the described SMC function identifiers,
> + the firmware is expected to trigger some mailbox connected functionality.
> + The communication follows the ARM SMC calling convention.
> + Firmware expects an SMC function identifier in r0 or w0. The supported
> + identifiers are passed from consumers, or listed in the the arm,func-ids
> + properties as described below. The firmware can return one value in
> + the first SMC result register, it is expected to be an error value,
> + which shall be propagated to the mailbox client.
> +
> + Any core which supports the SMC or HVC instruction can be used, as long as
> + a firmware component running in EL3 or EL2 is handling these calls.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: arm,smc-mbox
> +
> + "#mbox-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> + arm,num-chans:
> + description: The number of channels supported.
> + items:
> + minimum: 1
> + maximum: 4096 # Should be enough?
> +
> + method:
> + items:
You can drop 'items' as this is a single entry.
> + - enum:
> + - smc
> + - hvc
> +
> + transports:
> + items:
same here
> + - enum:
> + - mem
> + - reg
> +
> + arm,func-ids:
Needs a $ref to a type (uint32-array).
> + description: |
> + An array of 32-bit values specifying the function IDs used by each
> + mailbox channel. Those function IDs follow the ARM SMC calling
> + convention standard [1].
> +
> + There is one identifier per channel and the number of supported
> + channels is determined by the length of this array.
> + minItems: 0
> + maxItems: 4096 # Should be enough?
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - "#mbox-cells"
> + - arm,num-chans
> + - transports
> + - method
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + sram@...000 {
> + compatible = "mmio-sram";
> + reg = <0x0 0x93f000 0x0 0x1000>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> + ranges = <0 0x0 0x93f000 0x1000>;
> +
> + cpu_scp_lpri: scp-shmem@0 {
Looks like some indentation problem...
> + compatible = "arm,scmi-shmem";
> + reg = <0x0 0x200>;
> + };
> +
> + cpu_scp_hpri: scp-shmem@200 {
> + compatible = "arm,scmi-shmem";
> + reg = <0x200 0x200>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + firmware {
> + smc_mbox: mailbox {
> + #mbox-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "arm,smc-mbox";
> + method = "smc";
> + arm,num-chans = <0x2>;
> + transports = "mem";
> + /* Optional */
> + arm,func-ids = <0xc20000fe>, <0xc20000ff>;
> + };
> +
> + scmi {
> + compatible = "arm,scmi";
> + mboxes = <&mailbox 0 &mailbox 1>;
&smc_mbox and <> each entry.
> + mbox-names = "tx", "rx";
> + shmem = <&cpu_scp_lpri &cpu_scp_hpri>;
<> each entry
> + };
> + };
> +
> +...
> --
> 2.16.4
>
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