[PATCH v6 1/4] dt-bindings: mailbox: Document Hi6220 mailbox driver

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Wed Feb 3 12:47:17 PST 2016


On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:09:39PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> Document DT binding for Hisilicon Hi6220 mailbox driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
> ---
>  .../bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt  | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt

One nit, otherwise:

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>

> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8508c8a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/hisilicon,hi6220-mailbox.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
> +Hisilicon Hi6220 Mailbox Driver
> +===============================
> +
> +Hisilicon Hi6220 mailbox supports up to 32 channels. Each channel
> +is unidirectional with a maximum message size of 8 words. I/O is
> +performed using register access (there is no DMA) and the cell
> +raises an interrupt when messages are received.
> +
> +Mailbox Device Node:
> +====================
> +
> +Required properties:
> +--------------------
> +- compatible:		Shall be "hisilicon,hi6220-mbox"
> +- reg:			Contains the mailbox register address range (base
> +			address and length); the first item is for IPC
> +			registers, the second item is shared buffer for
> +			slots.
> +- #mbox-cells:		Common mailbox binding property to identify the number
> +			of cells required for the mailbox specifier. Must be 3.
> +			<&phandle slot_id dst_irq ack_irq>
> +			  phandle: Label name of mailbox controller
> +			  slot_id: Slot id used either for TX or RX
> +			  dst_irq: IRQ identifier index number which used by MCU
> +			  ack_irq: IRQ identifier index number with generating a
> +			           TX/RX interrupt to application processor,
> +				   mailbox driver uses it to acknowledge interrupt
> +- interrupts:		Contains the interrupt information for the mailbox
> +			device. The format is dependent on which interrupt
> +			controller the SoCs use.
> +
> +Optional Properties:
> +--------------------
> +- hi6220,mbox-tx-noirq: Property of MCU firmware's feature, so mailbox driver
> +			use this flag to ask MCU to enable "automatic idle
> +			flag" mode or IRQ generated mode to acknowledge a TX
> +			completion.
> +
> +Example:
> +--------
> +
> +	mailbox: mailbox at F7510000 {

use lowercase for hex

> +		compatible = "hisilicon,hi6220-mbox";
> +		reg = <0x0 0xF7510000 0x0 0x1000>, /* IPC_S */
> +		      <0x0 0x06DFF800 0x0 0x0800>; /* Mailbox */

and here too.

> +		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> +		interrupts = <GIC_SPI 94 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> +		#mbox-cells = <3>;
> +	};
> +
> +
> +Mailbox client
> +===============
> +
> +Required properties:
> +--------------------
> +- compatible:		Many (See the client docs).
> +- mboxes:		Standard property to specify a Mailbox (See ./mailbox.txt)
> +			Cells must match 'mbox-cells' (See Mailbox Device Node above).
> +
> +Optional Properties:
> +--------------------
> +- mbox-names:		Name given to channels seen in the 'mboxes' property.
> +
> +Example:
> +--------
> +
> +	stub_clock: stub_clock {
> +		compatible = "hisilicon,hi6220-stub-clk";
> +		hisilicon,hi6220-clk-sram = <&sram>;
> +		#clock-cells = <1>;
> +		mbox-names = "mbox-tx", "mbox-rx";
> +		mboxes = <&mailbox 1 0 11>, <&mailbox 0 1 10>;
> +	};
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 



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