[PATCH v2 net-next 00/10] mtk: wed: move cpuboot, ilm and dlm in dedicated dts nodes

[Lorenzo Bianconi]

> On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 03:12:36PM +0200, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > Since cpuboot, ilm and dlm memory region are not part of MT7986 SoC RAM,
> 
> That's not really a requirement. Is that the only "problem" here?

I would say this series allows to be closer to a standard binding and at the
same time helps with uboot compatibility.

> 
> Certainly going from a standard binding to a custom phandle reference is 
> not an improvement.
> 
> > move them in dedicated mt7986a syscon dts nodes.
> 
> What makes them a syscon? Are they memory or h/w registers? Can't be 
> both...

> 
> Perhaps mmio-sram?

ilm and dlm do not have h/w registers afaik, they are chip memory used
to store firmware information, syscon is just the closest binding I found.
I did not find mmio-sram, my fault.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> > At the same time we keep backward-compatibility with older dts version where
> > cpuboot, ilm and dlm were defined as reserved-memory child nodes.
> 
> Doesn't really seem big enough issue to justify carrying this.
> 
> Rob
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