[PATCH v3 1/3] arm64: dts: add initial dts for Samsung GH7 SoC and SSDK-GH7 board
Kukjin Kim
kgene.kim at samsung.com
Fri Mar 21 09:08:30 EDT 2014
Mark Rutland wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
Hi Mark,
[...]
> > +/memreserve/ 0xFEC00000 0x1400000; /* EL3 monitor, secure intepreter */
>
> As I've mentioned, I'm concerned that this is even in the non-secure
> address space that the kernel can access. Why is this not hidden from
> the kernel entirely? Why is it expected to be mapped in and reserved?
>
OK, I will make kernel cannot access the memory area with hiding.
> Additionally, the memory the used by the spin-table (0x0 0x8000fff8) has
> not been reserved, and thus the kernel is free to clobber it.
>
Oops, I missed. OK I will add following instead of above.
+/memreserve/ 0x80000000 0x00010000;
> [...]
>
> > + gic: interrupt-controller at 1C000000 {
> > + compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";
>
> For targeting any future workarounds I would very much prefer a more
> specific string.
>
If any workarounds are required later, will add specific string then.
> [...]
>
> > + pmu {
> > + compatible = "samsung,gh7-pmu", "armv8-pmuv3";
> > + interrupts = <0 294 0>,
> > + <0 295 0>,
> > + <0 296 0>,
> > + <0 297 0>,
> > + <0 298 0>,
> > + <0 299 0>,
> > + <0 300 0>,
> > + <0 301 0>;
> > + };
>
> These are all missing a trigger type (thus making them unusable), and as
> "GH7" is the SoC name rather than the CPU name, the compatible string is
> somewhat bad.
>
Oops, it should be 8.
And yes, as I've mentioned "GH7" is SoC name not CPU name.
I'm still thinking _really_ I need to use CPU specific name for GH7 SoC because
we don't need to handle for the specific CPU implementation in kernel even we
didn't name it.
> > +
> > + amba {
> > + compatible = "arm,amba-bus";
> > + #address-cells = <2>;
> > + #size-cells = <2>;
> > + ranges;
> > +
> > + serial at 12c00000 {
> > + compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
> > + reg = <0 0x12c00000 0 0x10000>;
> > + interrupts = <0 418 0>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + serial at 12c20000 {
> > + compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
> > + reg = <0 0x12c20000 0 0x10000>;
> > + interrupts = <0 420 0>;
> > + };
>
> While the primecell bindings and PL011 bindings state that clocks are
> optional, the primecell bus code requires a clock named apb_pclk, and
> the pl011 driver requires a clock (which it expects to be UARTCLK) to
> acquire the frequency from. As neither are provided I do not see how
> this DT could possibly be used to boot a usable system.
>
> Additionally the interrupt trigger types are missing.
>
> Given that these are the only IO devices described in the dtsi/dts
> combination, and they do not appear to be usable, what is the point in
> merging this?
>
Definitely, it is meaningful because we can enhance everything more based on
this for the mass product.
Thanks for your time.
- Kukjin
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