[PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: dts: Add initial dts for Cavium Thunder SoC
Radha Mohan
mohun106 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 07:29:40 EDT 2014
Hi Mark,
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 09:09:38AM +0000, mohun106 at gmail.com wrote:
>> From: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <rchintakuntla at cavium.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <rchintakuntla at cavium.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile | 1 +
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder.dts | 160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile
>> index c52bdb0..9cc8740 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile
>> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
>> +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_THUNDER) += thunder.dtb
>> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS) += rtsm_ve-aemv8a.dtb foundation-v8.dtb
>> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_XGENE) += apm-mustang.dtb
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder.dts
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..190e01a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder.dts
>> @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
>> +/*
>> + * Cavium Thunder DTS file
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2013, Cavium Inc.
>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>> + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> + */
>> +/dts-v1/;
>> +
>> +/memreserve/ 0x80000000 0x00010000;
>
> Please add a comment as to what this is protecting (from the looks of
> it, the spinning CPUs and the cpu release address). We are admittedly
> lacking these on existing DTs (and I'll fix that up), but it would be
> good to get into the habit now given it has been a source of confusion
> for some.
OK.
>
>> +
>> +/ {
>> + model = "Cavium Thunder";
>> + compatible = "cavium,thunder";
>> + interrupt-parent = <&gic0>;
>> + #address-cells = <2>;
>> + #size-cells = <2>;
>> +
>> + aliases {
>> + serial0 = &uaa0;
>> + serial1 = &uaa1;
>> + };
>> +
>> + cpus {
>> + #address-cells = <2>;
>> + #size-cells = <0>;
>> + cpu at 0 {
>> + device_type = "cpu";
>> + compatible = "cavium,thunder", "arm,armv8";
>
> This is the same as the compatible string for the SoC, which isn't a
> good idea. Compatible strings should be globally unique.
>
> As far as I am aware, "Thunder" is the name of the SoC, not the CPU in
> the SoC. Is there a name for the CPU in the Thunder SoC?
>
> Whatever name you have should be documented.
OK. I will change it to a specific name.
>
> [...]
>
>> + memory at 0 {
>> + device_type = "memory";
>> + reg = <0x0 0x0 0x0 0x80000000>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + gic0: interrupt-controller at 801000000000 {
>
> Please break the 32-bit halves of the unit-address with a comma (e.g.
> 8010,00000000); it makes it easier to read the address. If you could
> also do this on other unit-addresses it would be helpful.
OK.
>
>> + compatible = "arm,gic-v3";
>> + #interrupt-cells = <3>;
>> + #address-cells = <0>;
>> + interrupt-controller;
>> + reg = <0x8010 0x0 0x0 0x10000>, /* GICD */
>> + <0x8010 0x80000000 0x0 0x100000>; /* GICR */
>
> For legibility it would be nice for list entries to be consistently
> padded to the same length.
OK.
>
>> + interrupts = <1 9 0xf04>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + timer {
>> + compatible = "arm,armv8-timer";
>> + interrupts = <1 13 0xff01>,
>> + <1 14 0xff01>,
>> + <1 11 0xff01>,
>> + <1 10 0xff01>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + soc {
>> + compatible = "simple-bus";
>> + #address-cells = <2>;
>> + #size-cells = <2>;
>> + ranges;
>> +
>> + clocks {
>> + #address-cells = <2>;
>> + #size-cells = <2>;
>> + ranges;
>> +
>> + refclk50mhz: refclk50mhz {
>> + compatible = "fixed-clock";
>> + #clock-cells = <0>;
>> + clock-frequency = <50000000>;
>> + clock-output-names = "refclk50mhz";
>> + };
>> + };
>
> I don't think the clocks node adds anything here. It's missing a
> compatible string list, and as clocks isn't a special reserved node
> name, it and its children aren't supposed to be probed.
>
> Why not just put the refclk50mhz directly under the parent node (the soc
> simple-bus)?
OK.
>
> [...]
>
>> + uaa0: uart at 87e024000000 {
>> + compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
>> + reg = <0x87e0 0x24000000 0x0 0x1000>;
>> + interrupts = <1 21 4>;
>> + clocks = <&refclk50mhz>;
>> + clock-names = "apb_pclk";
>
> Is this also feeding the UARTCLK?
Right now, this is for an internal emulation platform for our chip. So
all these clock definitions are not applicable.
In real chip, there will be other clock definitions coming.
>
>> + };
>> +
>> + uaa1: uart at 87e025000000 {
>> + compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
>> + reg = <0x87e0 0x25000000 0x0 0x1000>;
>> + interrupts = <1 22 4>;
>> + clocks = <&refclk50mhz>;
>> + clock-names = "apb_pclk";
>
> Likewise?
>
> Cheers,
> Mark.
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