[PATCH V4 4/6] arm64/ls1043a: add DTS for Freescale LS1043A SoC

Hou Zhiqiang B48286 at freescale.com
Fri Oct 16 02:58:48 PDT 2015



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> Subject: RE: [PATCH V4 4/6] arm64/ls1043a: add DTS for Freescale LS1043A
> SoC
> 
> > From: Hou Zhiqiang-B48286
> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:07 AM
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > > Sent: 2015年10月16日 4:46
> > > To: Hou Zhiqiang-B48286
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> > > Xie Shaohui-B21989; Sharma Bhupesh-B45370; Song Wenbin-B53747; Li
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> > > B45370
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 4/6] arm64/ls1043a: add DTS for Freescale
> > > LS1043A SoC
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2015-10-15 at 20:12 +0800, Zhiqiang Hou wrote:
> > > > From: Mingkai Hu <Mingkai.Hu at freescale.com>
> > > >
> > > > LS1043a is an SoC with 4 ARMv8 A53 cores and most other IP blocks
> > > > similar to LS1021a which complies to Chassis 2.1 spec.
> > > >
> > > > Following levels of DTSI/DTS files have been created for the
> > > > LS1043A SoC family:
> > > >
> > > > - fsl-ls1043a.dtsi:
> > > >   DTS-Include file for FSL LS1043A SoC.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Hou Zhiqiang <B48286 at freescale.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Mingkai Hu <Mingkai.Hu at freescale.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Wenbin Song <Wenbin.Song at freescale.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > V4:
> > > >  - Add soc node with simple-bus compatible.
> > > >  - Add property interrupt-affinity for armv8 pmuv3 node.
> > > >
> > > > V3:
> > > >  - Add device tree node for SATA.
> > > >  - Remove properity enable-method for all cpu node.
> > > >    Remove reserved memory region for spin-table.
> > > >
> > > > V2:
> > > >  - Add secondary core boot method.
> > > >  - Move out the sysclk node from the clockgen node.
> > > >  - Correct the reg size of GICC.
> > > >
> > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1043a.dtsi | 525
> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 525 insertions(+)  create mode 100644
> > > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1043a.dtsi
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1043a.dtsi
> > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1043a.dtsi
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 0000000..1a5bf79
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1043a.dtsi
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,525 @@
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Device Tree Include file for Freescale Layerscape-1043A family
> > SoC.
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Copyright 2014-2015, Freescale Semiconductor
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Mingkai Hu <Mingkai.hu at freescale.com>
> > > > + *
> > > > + * This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the
> > > > +terms
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> > > > + */
> > > > +
> > > > +/ {
> > > > +     compatible = "fsl,ls1043a";
> > > > +     interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> > > > +     #address-cells = <2>;
> > > > +     #size-cells = <2>;
> > > > +
> > > > +     cpus {
> > > > +             #address-cells = <2>;
> > > > +             #size-cells = <0>;
> > > > +
> > > > +             /*
> > > > +              * We expect the enable-method for cpu's to be
> > > > + "psci",
> > > but this
> > > > +              * is dependent on the SoC FW, which will fill this
> in.
> > > > +              *
> > > > +              * Currently supported enable-method is psci v0.2
> > > > +              */
> > > > +             cpu0:  cpu at 0{
> > > > +                     device_type = "cpu";
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x0>;
> > > > +                     clocks = <&clockgen 1 0>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             cpu1:  cpu at 1{
> > > > +                     device_type = "cpu";
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x1>;
> > > > +                     clocks = <&clockgen 1 0>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             cpu2:  cpu at 2{
> > > > +                     device_type = "cpu";
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x2>;
> > > > +                     clocks = <&clockgen 1 0>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             cpu3:  cpu at 3{
> > > > +                     device_type = "cpu";
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,cortex-a53";
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x3>;
> > > > +                     clocks = <&clockgen 1 0>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +     };
> > > > +
> > > > +      memory at 80000000{
> > > > +             device_type = "memory";
> > > > +             reg = <0x0 0x80000000 0 0x80000000>;
> > > > +                   /* DRAM space 1, size: 2GiB DRAM */
> > > > +     };
> > > > +
> > > > +     sysclk: sysclk {
> > > > +             compatible = "fixed-clock";
> > > > +             #clock-cells = <0>;
> > > > +             clock-frequency = <100000000>;
> > > > +             clock-output-names = "sysclk";
> > > > +     };
> > > > +
> > > > +     soc {
> > > > +             compatible = "simple-bus";
> > > > +             #address-cells = <2>;
> > > > +             #size-cells = <2>;
> > > > +             ranges;
> > > > +
> > > > +             clockgen:  clocking at 1ee1000{
> > > > +                     compatible = "fsl,ls1043a-clockgen";
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x1ee1000 0x0 0x1000>;
> > > > +                     #clock-cells = <2>;
> > > > +                     clocks = <&sysclk>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             timer {
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,armv8-timer";
> > > > +                     interrupts = <1 13 0x1>, /* Physical Secure
> > > > + PPI
> > > */
> > > > +                                  <1 14 0x1>, /* Physical
> > > > + Non-Secure
> > > PPI */
> > > > +                                  <1 11 0x1>, /* Virtual PPI */
> > > > +                                  <1 10 0x1>; /* Hypervisor PPI */
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             pmu {
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,armv8-pmuv3";
> > > > +                     interrupts = <0 106 0x4>,
> > > > +                                  <0 107 0x4>,
> > > > +                                  <0 95 0x4>,
> > > > +                                  <0 97 0x4>;
> > > > +                     interrupt-affinity = <&cpu0>,
> > > > +                                          <&cpu1>,
> > > > +                                          <&cpu2>,
> > > > +                                          <&cpu3>;
> > > > +             };
> > > > +
> > > > +             gic:  interrupt-controller at 1400000{
> > > > +                     compatible = "arm,gic-400";
> > > > +                     #interrupt-cells = <3>;
> > > > +                     interrupt-controller;
> > > > +                     reg = <0x0 0x1401000 0 0x1000>, /* GICD */
> > > > +                           <0x0 0x1402000 0 0x2000>, /* GICC */
> > > > +                           <0x0 0x1404000 0 0x2000>, /* GICH */
> > > > +                           <0x0 0x1406000 0 0x2000>; /* GICV */
> > > > +                     interrupts = <1 9 0xf08>;
> > > > +             };
> > >
> > > The recently posted ls2080 device tree patch puts pmu, gic, etc.
> > > under the root node rather than the soc node.  Where should they go?
> > > At least it should be consistent...
> >
> > Why treat pmu, gic and timer as special? Who can explain it?
> > I find some venders put the gic and/or timer node under the soc node,
> > such as arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/berlin4ct.dtsi,
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173.dtsi and
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi.
> > So I put them underneath the soc node.
> 
> As you said it depends on your SOC architecture and bus layout.
> 
> 1. ARMv8 timer is a per-core timer with a global timebase, so it doesn't
> make much sense to place it under /soc node as we don't keep /cpus under
> the /soc node as well
> 
> 2. Similarly for GIC and Timer.
> 
> However, your SoC bus layout might be different. So if you have exact
> idea of the bus layout for your SoC, better to use exact names like AHB,
> APB and AXI.
> 

Thanks for your clarify.

> Refer to IMX28 bus organization example (slide 24/45) in 'device-tree for
> dummies pdf' [1]
> 
> [1]
> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/petazzoni-
> device-tree-dummies.pdf

Thanks,
Zhiqiang


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