[PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: dt-bindings: Add option to workaround STE.VALID in Broadcom Vulcan
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Thu Dec 17 03:51:03 PST 2015
[adding devicetree since I'd like an Ack from them if possible]
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 03:29:36PM +0530, Prem Mallappa wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Prem Mallappa <pmallapp at broadcom.com>
Please can you add a commit message for this?
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu-v3.txt | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu-v3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu-v3.txt
> index 947863a..9c1218e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu-v3.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/arm,smmu-v3.txt
> @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ the PCIe specification.
> - hisilicon,broken-prefetch-cmd
> : Avoid sending CMD_PREFETCH_* commands to the SMMU.
>
> +- broadcom,broken-ste-valid-check
> + : Broadcom specific, h/w peeks into more than just
> + STE.VALID bit in "Bypass" mode. Enabling this,
> + populates needed bits.
This should really describe more about what happens, I think. For example,
"Enable ATS and Stage-2 AArch64 translation in bypass STEs, since some
hardware requires this in order for an STE to be treated as valid."
Will
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