linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] dt-bindings: arm: Add HPE GXP CPU Init

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Message-ID: <679cb1a3-28fb-7031-ecc7-5f60266bcf7c@canonical.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:22:21 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
To:     nick.hawkins@....com, verdun@....com
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] dt-bindings: arm: Add HPE GXP CPU Init

On 10/03/2022 20:52, nick.hawkins@....com wrote:
> From: Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins@....com>
> 
> This adds support for the hpe,gxp-cpu-init binding.
> With the HPE GXP initialization it is necessary to have access to this
> register for it to boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins@....com>
> ---
>  .../cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml   | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a17c3fcc5421
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/arm/cpu-enable-method/hpe,gxp-cpu-init.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Initialize GXP CPU

Please explain what's this. The bindings describe the hardware and I
cannot get what is this here about. Is it a CPU enable method (like in
cpus.yaml)? Is it some power management block?


Best regards,
Krzysztof