linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] dt-bindings: cache: r9a07g043f-l2-cache: Add DT binding documentation for L2 cache controller

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Message-ID: <CA+V-a8uBDx42o12UUwP=bBjeGzJJSP=jPcQr0xgkvkkoA7_vFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 7 Jan 2023 20:43:59 +0000
From:   "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] dt-bindings: cache: r9a07g043f-l2-cache: Add DT
 binding documentation for L2 cache controller

Hi Conor,

Thank you for the review.

On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 9:53 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 06:55:24PM +0000, Prabhakar wrote:
> > From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
> >
> > Add DT binding documentation for L2 cache controller found on RZ/Five SoC.
> >
> > The Renesas RZ/Five microprocessor includes a RISC-V CPU Core (AX45MP
> > Single) from Andes. The AX45MP core has an L2 cache controller, this patch
> > describes the L2 cache block.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > v5 -> v6
> > * Included RB tag from Geert
>
> I think not!
>
Sorry that was a typo. I meant Rob  :)

> > v4 -> v5
> > * Dropped L2 cache configuration properties
> > * Dropped PMA configuration properties
> > * Ordered the required list to match the properties list
> >
> > RFC v3 -> v4
> > * Dropped l2 cache configuration parameters
> > * s/larger/large
> > * Added minItems/maxItems for andestech,pma-regions
> > ---
> >  .../cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml         | 81 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 81 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..9f0be4835ad7
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +# Copyright (C) 2022 Renesas Electronics Corp.
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/cache/andestech,ax45mp-cache.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Andestech AX45MP L2 Cache Controller
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
> > +
> > +description:
> > +  A level-2 cache (L2C) is used to improve the system performance by providing
> > +  a large amount of cache line entries and reasonable access delays. The L2C
> > +  is shared between cores, and a non-inclusive non-exclusive policy is used.
> > +
> > +select:
> > +  properties:
> > +    compatible:
> > +      contains:
> > +        enum:
> > +          - andestech,ax45mp-cache
> > +
> > +  required:
> > +    - compatible
> > +
> > +properties:
> > +  compatible:
> > +    items:
> > +      - const: andestech,ax45mp-cache
> > +      - const: cache
>
> You might find value in a specific compatible for your SoC & enforce
> constraints for it. Or you might not & I don't care either way :)
>
Good point actually. Geert what do you think?

Cheers,
Prabhakar