linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add examples of secure- prefixed property in documentation

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Date:   Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:58:47 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add examples of secure- prefixed property in documentation

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 1:49 AM Etienne Carriere
<etienne.carriere@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a proposal for adding a bit of description in the DT bindings
> documentation of how secure- property prefix can be used for. The
> changes in this patch series describe that for clocks and resets properties.
>
> Documentation file arm/secure.txt already states that secure- prefix can be
> used for any property hence the description proposed here are not mandated.
> However it may be useful as explicit examples of such usage.

It may say that, but any new property has to be documented and
reviewed still. I'm not sure that anything in secure.txt has actually
gotten used.

You should participate in the System DT discussions in Linaro where
how to represent different CPUs and CPU execution environments (like
secure world) is being worked on.

Rob