[PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: add SMP enable-method for Broadcom NSP

Rob Herring robh+dt at kernel.org
Sat Nov 7 10:03:05 PST 2015


On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Kapil Hali <kapilh at broadcom.com> wrote:
> Add a compatible string "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp" for Broadcom's
> Northstar Plus CPU to the 32-bit ARM CPU device tree binding
> documentation file and create a new binding documentation for
> Northstar Plus CPU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kapil Hali <kapilh at broadcom.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt       | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt     |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8506da7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,nsp-cpu-method.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +Broadcom Northstar Plus SoC CPU Enable Method
> +---------------------------------------------
> +This binding defines the enable method used for starting secondary
> +CPUs in the following Broadcom SoCs:
> +  BCM58522, BCM58525, BCM58535, BCM58622, BCM58623, BCM58625, BCM88312
> +
> +The enable method is specified by defining the following required
> +properties in the "cpus" device tree node:
> +  - enable-method = "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp";

As I said already, this is supposed to be per cpu.

> +  - secondary-boot-reg = <...>;

And then you might as well move this too.

> +
> +The secondary-boot-reg property is a u32 value that specifies the
> +physical address of the register used to request the ROM holding pen
> +code release a secondary CPU.
> +
> +Example:
> +       cpus {
> +               #address-cells = <1>;
> +               #size-cells = <0>;
> +               enable-method = "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp";
> +               secondary-boot-reg = <0xffff042c>;
> +
> +               cpu0: cpu at 0 {
> +                       device_type = "cpu";
> +                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
> +                       next-level-cache = <&L2>;
> +                       reg = <0>;
> +               };
> +
> +               cpu1: cpu at 1 {
> +                       device_type = "cpu";
> +                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
> +                       next-level-cache = <&L2>;
> +                       reg = <1>;
> +               };
> +       };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> index 91e6e5c..6abe3f3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
>                             "allwinner,sun8i-a23"
>                             "arm,psci"
>                             "brcm,brahma-b15"
> +                           "brcm,bcm-nsp-smp"
>                             "marvell,armada-375-smp"
>                             "marvell,armada-380-smp"
>                             "marvell,armada-390-smp"
> --
> 2.1.0
>



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