[PATCH 14/17] dt-bindings/interrupt-controller: add description for Marvell SEI node

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Rob,

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:50:32 -0500, Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:55:34PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Describe the SEI (System Error Interrupt) controller driver. The
> > controller is part of the GIC. It aggregates two types of interrupts,
> > wired and MSIs from respectively the AP and the CPs, into a single SPI
> > interrupt.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Haim Boot <hayim at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,sei.txt  | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,sei.txt
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,sei.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,sei.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..a246d59552b1
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,sei.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
> > +Marvell SEI (System Error Interrupt) Controller
> > +-----------------------------------------------
> > +
> > +Marvell SEI (System Error Interrupt) controller is an interrupt aggregator.
> > +It receives interrupts from several sources and aggregates them to a single
> > +interrupt line (an SPI) on the primary interrupt controller.
> > +
> > +The IRQ chip can handle up to 64 SEIs, a set comes from the AP and is
> > +wired while a second set comes from the CPs by the mean of MSIs. Each
> > +'domain' is represented as a subnode.
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +
> > +- compatible: should be "marvell,armada-8k-sei".
> > +- reg: SEI registers location and length.
> > +- interrupts: identifies the parent IRQ that will be triggered.
> > +- #address-cells: should be '1', represents the position of the first
> > +                  IRQ of a given type in the SEI range.
> > +- #size-cells: should be '1', represents the number of a given type of
> > +               IRQs.
> > +
> > +Child node 'sei-wired-controller' required properties:
> > +
> > +- reg: the range of wired interrupts.
> > +- #interrupt-cells: number of cells to define an SEI wired interrupt
> > +                    coming from the AP, should be 1. The cell is the IRQ
> > +                    number.
> > +- interrupt-controller: identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
> > +
> > +Child node 'sei-msi-controller' required properties:
> > +
> > +- reg: the range of non-wired interrupts triggered by way of MSIs.
> > +- msi-controller: identifies the node as an MSI controller.
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +        sei: sei at 3f0200 {
> > +               compatible = "marvell,armada-8k-sei";
> > +               reg = <0x3f0200 0x40>;
> > +               interrupts = <GIC_SPI 0 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > +               #address-cells = <1>;
> > +               #size-cells = <1>;
> > +
> > +               sei_wired_controller: sei-wired-controller at 0 {
> > +                       reg = <0 21>;  
> 
> Using interrupt numbers in reg is strange.

I thought the reg property was the one to choose here, I can of course
change it, what would you suggest?

> 
> > +                       #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> > +                       interrupt-controller;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               sei_msi_controller: sei-msi-controller at 21 {
> > +                       reg = <21 43>;
> > +                       msi-controller;  
> 
> Can't the parent be both an interrupt-controller and msi-controller?

We need to know which one aggregates interrupts, which one receives
MSIs and most importantly which interrupt is what (within the 64
that are handled by the SEI).

I thought it would describe the hardware pretty well, do you think to
another solution?
 
> 
> > +               };
> > +       };
> > -- 
> > 2.14.1
> >   

Thanks,
Miquèl

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