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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding for Microchip
 IPC mailbox controller

On 29/10/2024 12:48, Rob Herring wrote:
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> 
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 01:51:09PM +0100, Valentina Fernandez wrote:
>> Add a dt-binding for the Microchip Inter-Processor Communication (IPC)
>> mailbox controller.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Valentina Fernandez <valentina.fernandezalanis@...rochip.com>
>> ---
>>   .../bindings/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml   | 108 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 108 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..90a7932118b5
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mailbox/microchip,sbi-ipc.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Microchip Inter-processor communication (IPC) mailbox controller
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Valentina Fernandez <valentina.fernandezalanis@...rochip.com>
>> +
>> +description:
> 
> You need '>' and blank line in between each paragraph if you want the
> paragraphs maintained.
> 
> Elsewhere too.
> 
>> +  The Microchip Inter-processor Communication (IPC) facilitates
>> +  message passing between processors using an interrupt signaling
>> +  mechanism.
>> +  This SBI interface is compatible with the Mi-V Inter-hart
>> +  Communication (IHC) IP.
>> +  The microchip,sbi-ipc compatible string is inteded for use by software
>> +  running in supervisor privileged mode (s-mode). The SoC-specific
>> +  compatibles are inteded for use by the SBI implementation in machine
> 
> intended
> 
>> +  mode (m-mode).
> 
> This per compatible information should be with the compatibles.
> 
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    enum:
>> +      - microchip,sbi-ipc
>> +      - microchip,miv-ihc-rtl-v2
> 
> To add per compatible descriptions, you can do:
> 
> oneOf:
>    - const:
>      description: ...
>    - const:
>      description: ...
> 
> 
> 
>> +
>> +  reg:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  interrupts:
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    maxItems: 5
>> +
>> +  interrupt-names:
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    maxItems: 5
>> +    items:
>> +      pattern: "^hart-[0-5]+$"
> 
> Is the numbering always contiguous (e.g. not "hart-0, hart-3")? If so,
> drop the names. A name matching the index of the entry is not useful.
Numbering can be non-contiguous based on the user's AMP configuration 
(e.g., 'hart-3', 'hart-4', 'hart-1').

Thanks for the rest of the feedback, I'll implement those changes in v3.
> 
>> +
>> +  "#mbox-cells":
>> +    description:
>> +      For the SBI "device", the cell represents the global "logical" channel IDs.
>> +      The meaning of channel IDs are platform firmware dependent. The
>> +      SoC-specific compatibles are intended for use by the SBI implementation,
>> +      rather than s-mode software. There the cell would represent the physical
>> +      channel and do not vary depending on platform firmware.
>> +    const: 1
>> +
>> +  microchip,ihc-chan-disabled-mask:
>> +    description:
>> +      Represents the enable/disable state of the bi-directional IHC channels
>> +      within the MIV-IHC IP configuration. The mask is a 16-bit value, but only
>> +      the first 15 bits are utilized.Each of the bits corresponds to
>> +      one of the 15 IHC channels.
>> +      A bit set to '1' indicates that the corresponding channel is disabled,
>> +      and any read or write operations to that channel will return zero.
>> +      A bit set to '0' indicates that the corresponding channel is enabled
>> +      and will be accessible through its dedicated address range registers.
>> +      The remaining bit of the 16-bit mask is reserved and should be ignored.
>> +      The actual enable/disable state of each channel is determined by the
>> +      IP block’s configuration.
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint16
>> +    default: 0
>> +
>> +required:
>> +  - compatible
>> +  - interrupts
>> +  - interrupt-names
>> +  - "#mbox-cells"
>> +
>> +additionalProperties: false
>> +
>> +allOf:
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            const: microchip,sbi-ipc
>> +    then:
>> +      properties:
>> +        reg: false
>> +        microchip,ihc-chan-disabled-mask: false
>> +    else:
>> +      required:
>> +        - reg
>> +        - microchip,ihc-chan-disabled-mask
>> +
>> +examples:
>> +  - |
>> +    mailbox {
>> +      compatible = "microchip,sbi-ipc";
>> +      interrupt-parent = <&plic>;
>> +      interrupts = <180>, <179>, <178>;
>> +      interrupt-names = "hart-1", "hart-2", "hart-3";
>> +      #mbox-cells = <1>;
>> +    };
>> +  - |
>> +    mailbox@...00000 {
>> +      compatible = "microchip,miv-ihc-rtl-v2";
>> +      microchip,ihc-chan-disabled-mask=  /bits/ 16 <0>;
> 
> Incorrect formatting around the '='.
> 
>> +      reg = <0x50000000 0x1C000>;
>> +      interrupt-parent = <&plic>;
>> +      interrupts = <180>, <179>, <178>;
>> +      interrupt-names = "hart-1", "hart-2", "hart-3";
>> +      #mbox-cells = <1>;
>> +    };
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>

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