[PATCH v3 0/6] spacemit: k3: Replace bad CLINT node with ACLINT nodes

[Junhui Liu]

When testing OpenSBI with the upstream Device Tree, the CLINT controller
failed to function properly with the irqchip.riscv_imsic_noipi boot
parameter:

  Platform IPI Device         : aclint-mswi
  Platform Timer Device       : aclint-mtimer @ 24000000Hz
  
  Domain0 Region03            : 0x00000000e081c000-0x00000000e081ffff M: (I,R,W) S/U: ()
  
  [    0.091014] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
  [   10.104917] CPU1 failed to report alive state
  [   20.118689] CPU2 failed to report alive state
  [   30.132288] CPU3 failed to report alive state
  [   40.145953] CPU4 failed to report alive state
  [   50.159604] CPU5 failed to report alive state
  [   60.173212] CPU6 failed to report alive state
  [   70.186981] CPU7 failed to report alive state
  [   70.191411] smp: Brought up 1 node, 1 CPU

Through exploring and testing, I discovered that the K3 actually
provides all three complete ACLINT components, and subsequent
confirmation with the vendor yielded the following information:

The ACLINT register space is mapped at two base addresses: a secure
window at 0xf1810000 and a non-secure window at 0xe0810000. The
secure window exposes all three components, while the non-secure
window only exposes SSWI; the MSWI and MTIMER offsets are reserved
there:

+---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Offset  | Module | Secure Window         | Non-Secure Window     |
+---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| +0x0000 | MSWI   | 0xf1810000-0xf1813fff | 0xe0810000-0xe0813fff |
|         |        |                       | (Reserved)            |
+---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| +0x4000 | MTIMER | 0xf1814000-0xf181bfff | 0xe0814000-0xe081bfff |
|         |        |                       | (Reserved)            |
+---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| +0xc000 | SSWI   | 0xf181c000-0xf181ffff | 0xe081c000-0xe081ffff |
+---------+--------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

MSWI and MTIMER reside in the secure ACLINT space, which is only
accessible through the secure window; their offsets in the non-secure
window are reserved. SSWI resides in the non-secure ACLINT space,
which is aliased in both windows. However, depending on the eFuse
configuration, the whole non-secure window can be inaccessible, while
the secure window remains available.

Taking these constraints into account, we use the secure window
(0xf1810000-0xf181ffff) consistently for all three ACLINT components,
as it is accessible regardless of the eFuse configuration. OpenSBI
protects the MSWI and MTIMER ranges from Supervisor-mode access via PMP,
leaving the SSWI range available to S-mode.

Signed-off-by: Junhui Liu <junhui.liu at pigmoral.tech>
---
Changes in v3:
- Correct the accessibility description of secure and non-secure windows
- Drop spacemit,k3-clint from sifive,clint.yaml entirely
- Move SSWI to its secure-window alias
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260909-k3-aclint-v2-0-7931e5bc86ad@pigmoral.tech

Changes in v2:
- Drop the generic riscv,aclint-* fallback compatibles and use only
  SpacemiT K3-specific compatibles.
- Match spacemit,k3-aclint-sswi directly in the SSWI driver.
- Squash the ACLINT MSWI and MTIMER DT additions into the patch that
  replaces the incorrect CLINT node.
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-k3-aclint-v1-0-aef88614d3a5@pigmoral.tech

---
Junhui Liu (6):
      dt-bindings: timer: thead,c900-aclint-mtimer: Add SpacemiT K3
      dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: thead,c900-aclint-mswi: Add SpacemiT K3
      dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: thead,c900-aclint-sswi: Add SpacemiT K3
      dt-bindings: timer: sifive,clint: Remove spacemit,k3-clint
      irqchip/aclint-sswi: Add support for SpacemiT K3
      riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: Replace incorrect CLINT node with ACLINT nodes

 .../thead,c900-aclint-mswi.yaml                    |  1 +
 .../thead,c900-aclint-sswi.yaml                    |  5 ++-
 .../devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml    |  1 -
 .../bindings/timer/thead,c900-aclint-mtimer.yaml   |  1 +
 arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi               | 43 +++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/irqchip/irq-aclint-sswi.c                  |  1 +
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935
change-id: 20260729-k3-aclint-94ca9d3f818f

Best regards,
--  
Junhui Liu <junhui.liu at pigmoral.tech>