[PATCH v2] ARM: DT: Add binding for GIC virtualization extentions (VGIC)
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri May 11 10:42:34 EDT 2012
On 11/05/12 15:14, David Vrabel wrote:
> 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.
Thanks David. Can I add your Acked-by:?
M.
>
> 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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