[PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: power: reset: add document for reboot-mode driver
John Stultz
john.stultz at linaro.org
Fri Jan 15 14:41:55 PST 2016
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 3:29 AM, Andy Yan <andy.yan at rock-chips.com> wrote:
> add device tree binding document for reboot-mode driver
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Yan <andy.yan at rock-chips.com>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2: None
> Changes in v1: None
>
> .../bindings/power/reset/reboot-mode.txt | 41 +++++++++++++++++
> .../bindings/power/reset/syscon-reboot-mode.txt | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 93 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/reboot-mode.txt
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/syscon-reboot-mode.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/reboot-mode.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/reboot-mode.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..81d9f66
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/reboot-mode.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +Generic reboot mode core map driver
> +
> +This driver get reboot mode arguments and call the write
> +interface to stores the magic value in special register
> +or ram . Then the bootloader can read it and take different
> +action according to the argument stored.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: only support "syscon-reboot-mode" now.
> +
> +Each mode is represented as a sub-node of reboot_mode:
> +
> +Subnode required properties:
> +- linux,mode: reboot mode command,such as "loader", "recovery", "fastboot".
> +- loader,magic: magic number for the mode, this is vendor specific.
> +
> +Example:
> + reboot_mode {
> + compatible = "syscon-reboot-mode";
> + offset = <0x40>;
> +
> + loader {
> + linux,mode = "loader";
> + loader,magic = <BOOT_LOADER>;
> + };
> +
> + maskrom {
> + linux,mode = "maskrom";
> + loader,magic = <BOOT_MASKROM>;
> + };
> +
> + recovery {
> + linux,mode = "recovery";
> + loader,magic = <BOOT_RECOVERY>;
> + };
> +
> + fastboot {
> + linux,mode = "fastboot";
> + loader,magic = <BOOT_FASTBOOT>;
> + };
> + };
So one minor thought here. While the commands are somewhat vendor
specific, would it be a good idea for the example commands to match
the common commands on Android devices? For example, usually
"bootloader" is what gets you into fastboot mode on nexus devices.
thanks
-john
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