[PATCH 2/5] ARM: NSP: add minimal Northstar Plus device tree
Scott Branden
sbranden at broadcom.com
Wed Aug 26 12:32:26 PDT 2015
Hi Olof,
Comments inline.
On 15-08-25 04:36 PM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure what the strategy behind your cc:ing on this patch set
> is. I only got a couple of them in my inbox, and this one wasn't one
> of them. :)
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jon Mason <jonmason at broadcom.com> wrote:
>> Add a very minimalistic set of Northstar Plus Device Tree files which
>> describes the SoC and the BCM958625 implementation. The perpherials
>> described are:
>>
>> ARM Cortex A9 CPU
>> 2 8250 UARTs
>> ARM GIC
>> PL310 L2 Cache
>> ARM A9 Global timer
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jonmason at broadcom.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kapil Hali <kapilh at broadcom.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Ray Jui <rjui at broadcom.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Scott Branden <sbranden at broadcom.com>
>
> Seeing reviewed-by already attached to a v1 of a patchset has limited
> value for someone on the outside.
>
> Reviewed-by is one of those tags that has a value that's mostly
> dependent on who it comes from. By not actually seeing the review and
> the feedback provided (and revisions made), less data is provided to
> tell if it's a valuable review or not.
should we start using Ack'd instead then for things that were reviewed
internally?
>
> Also, if you're posting the code you should probably have your name
> below Kapil's, since you're the one signing off the origin of the
> code. See Documentation/SubmittingPatches.txt for details on what
> S-o-b actually means.
>
>
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm-nsp.dtsi
>> @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
>> +/*
>> + * BSD LICENSE
>> + *
>> + * Copyright(c) 2015 Broadcom Corporation. All rights reserved.
>> + *
>> + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>> + * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
>> + * are met:
>> + *
>> + * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>> + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>> + * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>> + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
>> + * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>> + * distribution.
>> + * * Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the names of its
>> + * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
>> + * from this software without specific prior written permission.
>> + *
>> + * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>> + * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>> + * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
>> + * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
>> + * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
>> + * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>> + * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
>> + * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
>> + * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
>> + * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
>> + * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>> + */
>
> I'm not sure we've seen BSD-only submissions before. I'll let DT
> maintainers (or Ian) speak up in case this would cause problems.
>
Arnd is the one who require new DT content to be BSD licensed.
We're just following his orders:
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1411.1/01109.html
>
>> +
>> +#include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
>> +#include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
>> +
>> +#include "skeleton.dtsi"
>> +
>> +/ {
>> + compatible = "brcm,nsp";
>> + model = "Broadcom Northstar Plus SoC";
>> + interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
>> +
>> + cpus {
>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>> + #size-cells = <0>;
>> +
>> + cpu at 0 {
>> + device_type = "cpu";
>> + compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
>> + next-level-cache = <&L2>;
>> + reg = <0x0>;
>> + };
>> + };
>> +
>> + clocks {
>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>> + #size-cells = <1>;
>> + ranges;
>> +
>> + periph_clk: periph_clk {
>> + compatible = "fixed-clock";
>> + #clock-cells = <0>;
>> + clock-frequency = <500000000>;
>> + };
>> + };
>> +
>> + uart0: serial at 18000300 {
>> + compatible = "ns16550a";
>> + reg = <0x18000300 0x100>;
>> + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 85 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>> + clock-frequency = <62499840>;
>> + status = "disabled";
>> + };
>> +
>> + uart1: serial at 18000400 {
>> + compatible = "ns16550a";
>> + reg = <0x18000400 0x100>;
>> + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 85 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>> + clock-frequency = <62499840>;
>> + status = "disabled";
>> + };
>> +
>> + gic: interrupt-controller at 19021000 {
>> + compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
>> + #interrupt-cells = <3>;
>> + #address-cells = <0>;
>> + interrupt-controller;
>> + reg = <0x19021000 0x1000>,
>> + <0x19020100 0x100>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + L2: l2-cache {
>> + compatible = "arm,pl310-cache";
>> + reg = <0x19022000 0x1000>;
>> + cache-unified;
>> + cache-level = <2>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + timer at 19020200 {
>> + compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-global-timer";
>> + reg = <0x19020200 0x100>;
>> + interrupts = <GIC_PPI 11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>> + clocks = <&periph_clk>;
>> + };
>> +};
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm958625k.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm958625k.dts
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..a1bc151
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm958625k.dts
>> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
>> +/*
>> + * BSD LICENSE
>> + *
>> + * Copyright(c) 2015 Broadcom Corporation. All rights reserved.
>> + *
>> + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>> + * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
>> + * are met:
>> + *
>> + * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>> + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>> + * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>> + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
>> + * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>> + * distribution.
>> + * * Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the names of its
>> + * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
>> + * from this software without specific prior written permission.
>> + *
>> + * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>> + * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>> + * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
>> + * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
>> + * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
>> + * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
>> + * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
>> + * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
>> + * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
>> + * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
>> + * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>> + */
>> +
>> +/dts-v1/;
>> +
>> +#include "bcm-nsp.dtsi"
>> +
>> +/ {
>> + model = "NorthStar Plus SVK (BCM958625K)";
>> + compatible = "brcm,bcm58625", "brcm,nsp";
>> +
>> + aliases {
>> + serial0 = &uart0;
>> + serial1 = &uart1;
>> + };
>> +
>> + chosen {
>> + stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
>> + };
>
> No way to mount a root filesystem yet? How much work remains for that
> to be possible, and what's the plan for that?
>
This is the bare bones DTS. I'm sure Jon will activate NAND once tested
- it "should" work with the same driver that Cygnus and STB chips use.
>> +
>> + uart0: serial at 18000300 {
>> + status = "okay";
>> + };
>> +
>> + uart1: serial at 18000400 {
>> + status = "okay";
>> + };
>
> I recommend using labels here instead so you don't have to mirror the
> DT layout to get the updated property right.
>
> I.e.
>
> &uart1 {
> status = "okay";
> };
>
>
>
> -Olof
>
Regards,
Scott
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