linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Initial support for Nuclei DemoSoC w/ UX600

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Message-ID: <mhng-b11934a9-100f-457b-a35e-46bdcd7f43f4@palmer-ri-x1c9>
Date:   Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:05:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     icenowy@...leisys.com
CC:     robh+dt@...nel.org, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject:     Re: [PATCH 00/12] Initial support for Nuclei DemoSoC w/ UX600

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:56:42 PST (-0800), Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:45:43 PST (-0800), icenowy@...leisys.com wrote:
>> 在 2022-01-27星期四的 23:16 +0800，Icenowy Zheng写道：
>>> This patchset adds support for Nuclei DemoSoC (which is an evaluation
>>> platform made with Nuclei CPU cores and mainly peripherals in
>>> original
>>> Hummingbird E203 project, running on FPGA) with UX600 CPU cores.
>>>
>>> Most patches are for DT bindings, the remaining ones are adding a
>>> Kconfig option and some DTS/DTSI files. The last one is a workaround
>>> for
>>> a severe bug in currently released versions of UX600, which is found
>>> in 5.17 kernel, in which Sv48 support is added to Linux.
>>>
>>> Two non-technical patches are in this patchset too, for MAINTAINERS
>>> and .mailmap items.
>>
>> Ping, could any RISC-V maintainers review these patches, especially the
>> SATP workaround one?
>
> Sorry, I remember having written this but I guess it got lost.  IIRC my
> main worry here was that, at least as far as I can tell, DemoSOC is an
> FPGA development board.  If this is actually in production somewhere
> then it's a different story, but IIUC the general rule is not to accept
> code for development hardware that can be updated.
>
> Assuming DemoSOC can be updated, I'd also argue that we should have some
> sort of version attached to it in DT entries.  Without some versioning
> we'll end up lost when trying to later determine what we're actually
> running on.
>
> As far as the errata goes: it looks fine to me, but I'd like to see some
> sort of description of what the errata actually is (ie, some
> documentation from the manufacturer).  I know that's not always
> possible, but without some desciption of what the bug is it gets tricky
> to mainain this sort of stuff.  For example: we've got sv57 patches
> now, so how do I know what to do with them on this target?

Just following up on this one.  Not sure if I missed it, but I can't 
find a reply.

>
>>
>>>
>>> Icenowy Zheng (12):
>>>   dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add Nuclei
>>>   RISC-V: add Nuclei SoC Kconfig option
>>>   dt-bindings: riscv: add compatible strings for Nuclei UX600 series
>>>   dt-bindings: timer: add compatible for Nuclei UX600 CLINT-compat
>>> timer
>>>   dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: add compatible string for UX600
>>>     PLIC
>>>   dt-bindings: serial: add compatible string for Nuclei DemoSoC UART
>>>   dt-bindings: spi: add compatible string for Nuclei DemoSoC SPI
>>>   dt-bindings: riscv: add binding for Nuclei platform boards
>>>   riscv: dts: add device tree for Nuclei DemoSoC w/ UX600 on DDR200T
>>>   RISC-V: workaround Nuclei UX600 cores with broken SATP CSR
>>>   MAINTAINERS: add myself as Nuclei SoCs/CPUs supporter
>>>   mailmap: add Icenowy Zheng's Nuclei mail addresses
>>>
>>>  .mailmap                                      |  1 +
>>>  .../sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml                    |  1 +
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml       |  7 ++
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/nuclei.yaml     | 27 ++++++++
>>>  .../bindings/serial/sifive-serial.yaml        |  1 +
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-sifive.yaml   |  1 +
>>>  .../bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml          |  1 +
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml  |  2 +
>>>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  7 ++
>>>  arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs                       |  6 ++
>>>  arch/riscv/boot/dts/Makefile                  |  1 +
>>>  arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/Makefile           |  2 +
>>>  .../dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-ddr200t.dtsi    | 41 ++++++++++++
>>>  .../nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-ux600-ddr200t.dts   | 13 ++++
>>>  .../boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-ux600.dtsi | 49 ++++++++++++++
>>>  .../riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc.dtsi | 67
>>> +++++++++++++++++++
>>>  arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h        |  1 +
>>>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c                          | 17 +++++
>>>  18 files changed, 245 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/nuclei.yaml
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/Makefile
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-
>>> ddr200t.dtsi
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-ux600-
>>> ddr200t.dts
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc-
>>> ux600.dtsi
>>>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/boot/dts/nuclei/nuclei-demosoc.dtsi
>>>