linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx

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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:44:08 +0000
From: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
CC: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Mathieu Poirier
	<mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor
 Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Sascha Hauer
	<s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Bartosz
 Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>,
	"linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"imx@...ts.linux.dev" <imx@...ts.linux.dev>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add "rpmsg"
 subnode support



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 10:07 AM
> To: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>; Mathieu Poirier
> <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>; Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>; Conor
> Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>; Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>; Sascha
> Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>; Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>;
> Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>; Pengutronix Kernel Team
> <kernel@...gutronix.de>; Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>; Peng Fan
> <peng.fan@....com>; linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org;
> devicetree@...r.kernel.org; imx@...ts.linux.dev; linux-arm-
> kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; dl-linux-imx <linux-
> imx@....com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add "rpmsg"
> subnode support
> > > >
> > > > All remote devices associated with a given channel are defined as
> > > > child nodes under the corresponding channel node.
> > >
> > > How is each channel addressed? Are they really grouped by type first
> > > (i2c, gpio,
> > > etc.) then an address within the group? Or is there some flat channel
> numbering?
> > > If the latter, then the addresses in the DT shoulc match the channel number.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, the channels are grouped by type and identified by unique channel
> > names assigned by the remote processor.
> >
> > The RPMSG bus dynamically assigns addresses to each channel at
> > runtime. Because these addresses are not static, they cannot be pre-defined in
> the dts.
> 
> But you did define addresses. How do you know which channel 'gpio@1'
> corresponds to if RPMSG dynamically assigns addresses?
> 

The remote devices within the rpmsg channels use pre-defined addresses specified in 
the DTS. For example, the gpio@0 and gpio@1 nodes represent devices inside the 
rpmsg-io-channel, each assigned a unique address within that channel.

The rpmsg-io-channel itself does not have a fixed address, as its address is dynamically 
allocated by the RPMSG bus. Therefore, we only use the unique channel name here.

            rpmsg {
                     rpmsg-io-channel {
                             gpio@0 {
                                     compatible = "fsl,imx-rpmsg-gpio";
                                     reg = <0>;
                             };

                             gpio@1 {
                                     compatible = "fsl,imx-rpmsg-gpio";
                                     reg = <1>;
                             };

                             ...
                     };
                     ...
             };

Thanks,
Shenwei

> Rob