[PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: misc: tmr-manager: Add device-tree binding for TMR Manager

Rao, Appana Durga Kedareswara appana.durga.kedareswara.rao at amd.com
Wed Jun 29 05:32:41 PDT 2022


Hi Krzysztof,

Thanks for the review, please find response inline.

On 29/06/22 3:37 pm, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/06/2022 07:43, Appana Durga Kedareswara rao wrote:
>> This commit adds documentation for Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager
>> IP. The Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager is responsible for handling
>> the TMR subsystem state, including fault detection and error recovery
>> provides soft error detection, correction and recovery features.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Appana Durga Kedareswara rao <appana.durga.rao at xilinx.com>
>> ---
>>   .../bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml       | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
> 
> This is not a misc device. Find appropriate subsystem for it. It's not
> EDAC, right?
> 
>>   1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..f6cb4d235981
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Xilinx TMR Microblaze Device Tree Bindings
> 
> s/Device Tree Bindings//

Sure will fix in v2.
> 
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Appana Durga Kedareswara rao <appana.durga.rao at xilinx.com>
>> +
>> +description: |
>> +  The Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager is responsible for handling the
>> +  TMR subsystem state, including fault detection and error recovery. The core
>> +  is triplicated in each of the sub-blocks in the TMR subsystem, and provides
>> +  majority voting of its internal state.
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    enum:
>> +      - xlnx,tmr-manager-1.0
>> +
>> +  reg:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  xlnx,magic1:
>> +    minimum: 0
>> +    maximum: 255
>> +    description:
>> +      Magic number 1, When writing to the control register the first write data
>> +      byte (bits 7:0) must match this value in order to have any effect on the
>> +      nominal recovery function.
> 
> Register values are usually not in the scope of bindings. We describe
> here hardware, not programming model, although in case of soft cores
> maybe it's a bit different.
> 
> Anyway you need to describe the actual feature, not OS behavior.

Like Michal said for every instance of the hardware
this value can be configured at vivado tool level.

> 
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>> +
>> +required:
>> +  - compatible
>> +  - reg
>> +  - xlnx,magic1
>> +
>> +additionalProperties: false
>> +
>> +examples:
>> +  - |
>> +    tmr-manager at 44a10000 {
> 
> Depending on what is this, you should use appropriate generic node name.

Sure will fix in v2...

Regards,
Kedar.
> 
>> +            compatible = "xlnx,tmr-manager-1.0";
>> +            reg = <0x44a10000 0x10000>;
>> +            xlnx,magic1 = <0x46>;
>> +    };
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof



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