[PATCH v2 1/3] crypto: brcm: DT documentation for Broadcom SPU driver

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Fri Dec 9 13:26:18 PST 2016


On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 04:34:57PM -0500, Rob Rice wrote:
> Device tree documentation for Broadcom Secure Processing Unit
> (SPU) crypto driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Lin <steven.lin1 at broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Rice <rob.rice at broadcom.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/crypto/brcm,spu-crypto.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/brcm,spu-crypto.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/brcm,spu-crypto.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/brcm,spu-crypto.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e5fe942
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/brcm,spu-crypto.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> +The Broadcom Secure Processing Unit (SPU) driver supports symmetric

Bindings describe h/w, not drivers.

> +cryptographic offload for Broadcom SoCs with SPU hardware. A SoC may have
> +multiple SPU hardware blocks.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : Should be "brcm,spum-crypto" for devices with SPU-M hardware

Additionally, you should have SoC specific compatible here.

> +  (e.g., Northstar2) or "brcm,spum-nsp-crypto" for the Northstar Plus variant
> +  of the SPU-M hardware.
> +
> +- reg: Should contain SPU registers location and length.
> +- mboxes: A list of mailbox channels to be used by the kernel driver. Mailbox
> +channels correspond to DMA rings on the device.

What determines the mbox assignment?

Needs to specify how many.

> +
> +Example:
> +	spu-crypto at 612d0000 {

Just crypto at ...

Rob



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