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Message-ID: <663bb3bf.050a0220.38dcc.9b82@mx.google.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 19:17:49 +0200
From: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>,
Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] dt-bindings: mips: brcm: Document
brcm,bmips-cbr-reg property
On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 06:14:34PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 07:07:18PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > Document brcm,bmips-cbr-reg property.
> >
> > Some SoC suffer from a BUG where read_c0_brcm_cbr() might return 0
> > if called from TP1. The CBR address is always the same on the SoC
> > hence it can be provided in DT to handle broken case where bootloader
> > doesn't init it or SMP where read_c0_brcm_cbr() returns 0 from TP1.
> >
> > Usage of this property is to give an address also in these broken
> > configuration/bootloader.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> > ---
> > .../devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> > index 975945ca2888..77f73ab48c11 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> > @@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ properties:
> > under the "cpus" node.
> > $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> >
> > + brcm,bmips-cbr-reg:
> > + description: Reference address of the CBR.
>
> Pretty sure that Rob commented last time that there's no definition
> anywhere here of CBR, but I don't see either a response to him or an
> explanation in v3 as to what CBR means.
>
Sorry I missed it.
> > + Some SoC suffer from a BUG where read_c0_brcm_cbr() might
> > + return 0 if called from TP1. The CBR address is always the
> > + same on the SoC hence it can be provided in DT to handle
> > + broken case where bootloader doesn't initialise it or SMP
> > + where read_c0_brcm_cbr() returns 0 from TP1.
>
> Why is a ?linux? function name in the binding? Surely this is just
> "or in SMP systems where reading CBR returns 0 from...", no? Ditto
> above.
>
It's really just a reference to reading c0 register at an offset, that
is why I was so specific. Ok I will be more verbose.
>
> > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > +
> > patternProperties:
> > "^cpu@[0-9]$":
> > type: object
> > @@ -64,6 +73,20 @@ properties:
> > required:
> > - mips-hpt-frequency
> >
> > +if:
> > + properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + contains:
> > + enum:
> > + - brcm,bcm6358
> > + - brcm,bcm6368
> > +
> > +then:
> > + properties:
> > + cpus:
> > + required:
> > + - brcm,bmips-cbr-reg
> > +
> > additionalProperties: true
> >
> > examples:
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
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