[PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: pci: Add ARTPEC-8 PCIe controller
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Thu Jun 23 01:27:18 PDT 2022
On 22/06/2022 09:21, Wangseok Lee wrote:
> On 21/06/2022 21:44, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 21/06/2022 09:42, Wangseok Lee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> samsung,syscon-bus-s-fsys:
>>>>> description:
>>>>> Phandle to bus-s path of fsys block, this register
>>>>> are used for enabling bus-s.
>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
>>>>>
>>>>> samsung,syscon-bus-p-fsys:
>>>>> description:
>>>>> Phandle to bus-p path of fsys block, this register
>>>>> are used for enabling bus-p.
>>>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
>>>>
>>>> This two look unspecific and hacky workaround for missing drivers. Looks
>>>> like instead of implementing interconnect or clock driver, you decided
>>>> to poke some other registers. Why this cannot be an interconnect driver?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> bus-s, bus-p is a register that exists in the sysreg of the fsys block.
>>> It is the same block as "fsys-sysreg" but is separated separately in
>>> hardware.
>>
>> Two points here:
>> 1. If it is in FSYS, why it cannot be accessed with samsung,fsys-sysreg?
>> 2. If it is only register, shuld be described like this. You must
>> describe item:
>> https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=0f529a57-50c9a332-0f531118-000babff32e3-50938d8198077d59&q=1&e=32284e69-bbed-4d09-b6d6-0a43428aebf5&u=https%3A%2F%2Felixir.bootlin.com%2Flinux%2Fv5.18-rc1%2Fsource%2FDocumentation%2Fdevicetree%2Fbindings%2Fsoc%2Fsamsung%2Fexynos-usi.yaml%23L42
>>
>
> It would be better to access with fsys-sysreg, but their h/w address are
> far from each other. The fsys block consists of a system register and an
> additional control system register. "bus-s-fsys" and "bus-p-fsys" are
> additional control system register. sysreg and additional control sysreg
> addresses are far from each other and there are h/w registers that perform
> different functions between them.
>
>>> So, get resource is performed separately from "fsys-sysreg".
>>> They set pcie slave, dbi related control settings,
>>> naming "bus-x" seems to be interconnect.
>>> I will add this description to property.
>>> I don't think it need to use the interconnect driver,
>>> so please let me know your opinion.
>>
>> Please document both in the bindings and in the driver usage of this
>> register. Writing there "0" or "1" is not enough. If the documentation
>> is good, I am fine with it. If the explanation is obfuscated/not
>> sufficient, it will look like avoiding to implement a driver, which I
>> don't want to accept.
>>
>
> I think i should add enough description. Is it sufficient to modify
> the name and description of property like this?
>
Looks ok. Thank you.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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