linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Correct memory layout reporting for "jedec,lpddr2" and related bindings

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Message-ID: <7aacd99e-d33e-db6f-e84e-0951b172f5a7@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 11:22:57 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>,
        Jian-Jia Su <jjsu@...gle.com>,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nikola Milosavljevic <mnidza@...look.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Correct memory layout reporting for "jedec,lpddr2" and
 related bindings

15.06.2022 05:25, Julius Werner пишет:
> We need to be able to report the information that's currently encoded
> in the "jedec,lpddr2" binding separately for each channel+rank
> combination, and we need to be able to tell how many LPDDR chips are
> combined under a single memory channel.

Who and why needs that information?

To me it's not a very useful information without knowing how memory
ranges are mapped to the chips and then only kernel drivers should be
able to utilize that info in a meaningful way. What driver are we
talking about?