linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] soc: loongson: add GUTS driver for loongson-2 platforms

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Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:00:26 +0800
From:   Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
To:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,
        Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Hitomi Hasegawa <hasegawa-hitomi@...itsu.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Sven Peter <sven@...npeter.dev>, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        soc@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] soc: loongson: add GUTS driver for loongson-2
 platforms

On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 21:57 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> Hi, Yinbo,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 10:48 AM Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
> wrote:
> > 
> > The global utilities block controls PCIE device enabling, alternate
> > function selection for multiplexed signals, consistency of HDA, USB
> > and PCIE, configuration of memory controller, rtc controller, lio
> > controller, and clock control.
> > 
> > This patch adds a driver to manage and access global utilities block
> > for loongarch architecture Loongson-2 SoCs. Initially only reading
> > SVR
> Replace loongarch with LoongArch.
> 
> > and registering soc device are supported. Other guts accesses, such
> > as reading PMON configuration by default, should eventually be added
> > into this driver as well.
> Replace PMON with BIOS is better.

Or just "firmware"?  I remember Xuerui (or another guy?) has said
"nobody should use the term BIOS for non-x86 platforms in 2022".

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University