[PATCH v2] ARM: DT: Add binding for GIC virtualization extentions (VGIC)

David Vrabel david.vrabel at citrix.com
Fri May 11 10:14:54 EDT 2012


On 09/05/12 18:57, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> The GICv2 can have virtualization extension support, consisting
> of an additional set of registers and interrupts. Add the necessary
> binding to the GIC DT documentation.

This looks fine for Xen.

David


> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
> index 9b4b82a..62eb8df 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
> @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ have PPIs or SGIs.
>  Main node required properties:
>  
>  - compatible : should be one of:
> +	"arm,cortex-a15-gic"
>  	"arm,cortex-a9-gic"
> +	"arm,cortex-a7-gic"
>  	"arm,arm11mp-gic"
>  - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
>  - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
> @@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ Main node required properties:
>    the GIC cpu interface register base and size.
>  
>  Optional
> -- interrupts	: Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller. Only
> -  present on secondary GICs.
> +- interrupts	: Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller on
> +  secondary GICs, or VGIC maintainance interrupt on primary GIC (see
> +  below).
>  
>  - cpu-offset	: per-cpu offset within the distributor and cpu interface
>    regions, used when the GIC doesn't have banked registers. The offset is
> @@ -57,3 +60,31 @@ Example:
>  		      <0xfff10100 0x100>;
>  	};
>  
> +
> +* GIC virtualization extensions (VGIC)
> +
> +For ARM cores that support the virtualization extensions, additional
> +properties must be described (they only exist if the GIC is the
> +primary interrupt controller).
> +
> +Required properties:
> +
> +- reg : Additional regions specifying the base physical address and
> +  size of the VGIC registers. The first additional region is the GIC
> +  virtual interface control register base and size. The 2nd additional
> +  region is the GIC virtual cpu interface register base and size.
> +
> +- interrupts : VGIC maintainance interrupt.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +	interrupt-controller at 2c001000 {
> +		compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";
> +		#interrupt-cells = <3>;
> +		interrupt-controller;
> +		reg = <0x2c001000 0x1000>,
> +		      <0x2c002000 0x1000>,
> +		      <0x2c004000 0x2000>,
> +		      <0x2c006000 0x2000>;
> +		interrupts = <1 9 0xf04>;
> +	};




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