[PATCH v2] dt: update PSCI binding documentation for v0.2

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Fri Aug 23 13:24:52 EDT 2013


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:10:13PM +0100, Rob Herring wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> 
> The PSCI spec from ARM has been updated to 0.2 version. Update the
> binding document to reflect the spec changes. For the binding, the
> major changes are addition of system reset and poweroff functions.
> The recommended function id numbering has also changed.
> 
> This update also defines 32 and 64 bit calling conventions. The calling
> convention is defined by the method property.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell at citrix.com>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier at arm.com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>,
> Cc: Charles Garcia-Tobin <Charles.Garcia-Tobin at arm.com>
> Cc: Matt Sealey <neko at bakuhatsu.net>
> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
> index 433afe9..2c03d0b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
> @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
>  * Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)
>  
>  Firmware implementing the PSCI functions described in ARM document number
> -ARM DEN 0022A ("Power State Coordination Interface System Software on ARM
> +ARM DEN 0022B ("Power State Coordination Interface System Software on ARM
>  processors") can be used by Linux to initiate various CPU-centric power
>  operations.
>  
> -Issue A of the specification describes functions for CPU suspend, hotplug
> -and migration of secure software.
> +Issue B of the specification describes functions for CPU suspend, hotplug,
> +migration of secure software, and system level reset and powerdown.
>  
>  Functions are invoked by trapping to the privilege level of the PSCI
>  firmware (specified as part of the binding below) and passing arguments
> -in a manner similar to that specified by AAPCS:
> +as defined in ARM document "SMC Calling Convention" (ARM DEN 0028) in a manner
> +similar to that specified by AAPCS:
>  
>  	 r0		=> 32-bit Function ID / return value
>  	{r1 - r3}	=> Parameters
> @@ -21,16 +22,37 @@ to #0.
>  
>  Main node required properties:
>  
> - - compatible    : Must be "arm,psci"
> + - compatible    : Must be "arm,psci-0.2" or "arm,psci"
>  
> - - method        : The method of calling the PSCI firmware. Permitted
> -                   values are:
> + - method        : The method defines the calling convention for the PSCI
> +                   firmware. If the firmware supports multiple calling
> +                   conventions (i.e. 32 and 64 bit), then the DT shall have a
> +                   node for each method. Permitted values are:

I really don't see the point in a node per method when I described how
we could handle this in a single node last time [1], in a way that was
backwards-compatible with the existing binding.

>  
>                     "smc" : SMC #0, with the register assignments specified
> -		           in this binding.
> +		           in this binding (deprecated, "arm,psci" only).
> +
> +                   "smc32" : SMC #0, using 32-bit SMC calling convention with
> +                             32-bit register assignments specified in this
> +                             binding.
> +
> +                   "smc64" : SMC #0, using 64-bit SMC calling convention with
> +                             64-bit register assignments specified in this
> +                             binding.
>  
>                     "hvc" : HVC #0, with the register assignments specified
> -		           in this binding.
> +		           in this binding (deprecated, "arm,psci" only).
> +
> +                   "hvc32" : HVC #0, using 32-bit HVC calling convention with
> +                             32-bit register assignments specified in this
> +                             binding.
> +
> +                   "hvc64" : HVC #0, using 64-bit HVCC calling convention with
> +                             64-bit register assignments specified in this
> +                             binding.

I also don't think the bit-widths of function IDs are a property of the
conduit used.

> +
> + - psci_version  : Function ID for PSCI_VERSION operation. Required for
> +                   "arm,psci-0.2" compatible version or later.
>  
>  Main node optional properties:
>  
> @@ -40,16 +62,47 @@ Main node optional properties:
>  
>   - cpu_on        : Function ID for CPU_ON operation
>  
> + - affinity_info : Function ID for AFFINITY_INFO operation
> +
>   - migrate       : Function ID for MIGRATE operation
>  
> + - migrate_info_type : Function ID for MIGRATE_INFO_TYPE operation
> +
> + - migrate_info_up_cpu : Function ID for MIGRATE_INFO_UP_CPU operation
> +
> + - system_reset  : Function ID for SYSTEM_RESET operation
> +
> + - system_off    : Function ID for SYSTEM_OFF operation
> +
>  
>  Example:
>  
> -	psci {
> -		compatible	= "arm,psci";
> -		method		= "smc";
> -		cpu_suspend	= <0x95c10000>;
> -		cpu_off		= <0x95c10001>;
> -		cpu_on		= <0x95c10002>;
> -		migrate		= <0x95c10003>;
> +	psci32 {
> +		compatible	= "arm,psci-0.2";
> +		method		= "smc32";
> +		psci_version	= <0x84000000>;
> +		cpu_suspend	= <0x84000001>;
> +		cpu_off		= <0x84000002>;
> +		cpu_on		= <0x84000003>;
> +		affinity_info	= <0x84000004>; 
> +		migrate		= <0x84000005>;
> +		migrate_info_type = <0x84000006>;
> +		migrate_info_up_cpu = <0x84000007>;
> +		system_off	= <0x84000008>; 
> +		system_reset	= <0x84000009>; 
> +	};
> +
> +	psci64 {
> +		compatible	= "arm,psci-0.2";
> +		method		= "smc64";
> +		psci_version	= <0x84000000>;
> +		cpu_suspend	= <0xc4000001>;
> +		cpu_off		= <0x84000002>;
> +		cpu_on		= <0xc4000003>;
> +		affinity_info	= <0xc4000004>; 
> +		migrate		= <0xc4000005>;
> +		migrate_info_type = <0x84000006>;
> +		migrate_info_up_cpu = <0xc4000007>;
> +		system_off	= <0x84000008>; 
> +		system_reset	= <0x84000009>; 
>  	};

With that style of binding we can't use a new DT with an old kernel,
despite the fact the actual firmware interface is compatible. I believe
having this as one node, with $FUNCTION, $FUNCTION-32, and $FUNCTION-64
variants makes much more sense.

Consider KVM. If we want to provide new functionality (e.g.
affinity_info) without breaking compatibility with older kernels, we'd
have to embed three device nodes repeatedly describing the same IDs.
That's a complete waste when we can handle this in a single node, taking
up less space with some degree of forwards compatibility:

psci {
	compatible = "arm,psci-0.2", "arm,psci";
	method = "smc";

	/* common IDs for 32-bit and 64-bit */
	cpu_off = <0x1>;
	cpu_on = <0x2>;
	cpu_suspend = <0x3>;

	/* different IDs for 64-bit and 32-bit */
	psci_version32 = <0xbbbb>;
	psci_version64 = <0xdddd>;
	migrate_info_type32 = <0x57>;
	migrate_info_type64 = <0xb7>;
};

Thanks,
Mark.

[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2013-July/187725.html



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