[PATCH 02/11] ARM: nomadik: initial devicetree support

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Fri Jan 11 12:04:11 EST 2013


On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:57:29 +0000, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a couple of comments on the dts{,i} portion.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 10:55:59PM +0000, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > Support basic device tree boot on the Nomadik. Implement the
> > support in the cpu file with the intent of deleting the board
> > files later. At this stage IRQ controllers, system timer,
> > l2x0 cache, UARTs and thus console boot is fully functional.
> > Patch out the code adding devices by initcalls for now so
> > as not to disturb the boot.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile                 |  1 +
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts    | 18 ++++++
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/arm/mach-nomadik/board-nhk8815.c      |  4 ++
> >  arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.c           | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.h           |  1 +
> >  arch/arm/mach-nomadik/i2c-8815nhk.c        |  5 ++
> >  7 files changed, 196 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> > index e44da40..7bc5ba73 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> > @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXS) += imx23-evk.dtb \
> >  	imx28-m28evk.dtb \
> >  	imx28-sps1.dtb \
> >  	imx28-tx28.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_NOMADIK) += ste-nomadik-s8815.dtb
> >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP2PLUS) += omap2420-h4.dtb \
> >  	omap3-beagle.dtb \
> >  	omap3-beagle-xm.dtb \
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..b698bc2
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
> > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Device Tree for the ST-Ericsson Nomadik S8815 board
> > + * Produced by Calao Systems
> > + */
> > +
> > +/dts-v1/;
> > +/include/ "ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi"
> > +
> > +/ {
> > +	model = "ST-Ericsson Nomadik S8815";
> > +	compatible = "stericsson,nomadik";
> > +	#address-cells = <1>;
> > +	#size-cells = <1>;
> 
> Given there are addresses and sizes in the dtsi (but none in the dts), should
> #address-cells and #size-cells not be in the dtsi?
> 
> > +
> > +	chosen {
> > +		bootargs = "root=/dev/ram0 console=ttyAMA1,115200n8 earlyprintk";
> > +	};
> > +};
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..81284c5
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
> > @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Device Tree for the ST-Ericsson Nomadik 8815 STn8815 SoC
> > + */
> > +/include/ "skeleton.dtsi"
> > +
> > +/ {
> > +	memory {
> > +	       reg = <0x00000000 0x04000000>;
> > +	       reg = <0x08000000 0x04000000>;
> 
> I believe that's not valid (duplicate property name).
> 
> Judging by other dts files under arch/arm/boot/dts, these should be two nodes,
> with their unit addresses set (and possibly device_type, which I see is set for
> some dts files, but not all).

One node should be just fine if the following form is used:

	memory {
		reg = <0x00000000 0x04000000>,
		      <0x08000000 0x04000000>;
	};

> 
> Maybe I've misunderstood how this is laid out, but I can't see where we get a
> cpus node from in the board's dts. Has this just been forgotten?

A cpus node isn't required if it doesn't provide any non-discoverable
information.

g.




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