Re: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: gic: add OF based initialization

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Sep 14 2011 - 13:58:01 EST


Marc,

On 09/14/2011 12:46 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 14/09/11 17:31, Rob Herring wrote:
>> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This adds gic initialization using device tree data. The initialization
>> functions are intended to be called by a generic OF interrupt
>> controller parsing function once the right pieces are in place.
>>
>> PPIs are handled using 3rd cell of interrupts properties to specify the cpu
>> mask the PPI is assigned to.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> arch/arm/common/gic.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/gic.h | 10 +++++
>> 3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..6c513de
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
>> +* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller
>> +
>> +ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor
>> +interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software
>> +generated interrupts (SGI).
>> +
>> +Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs.
>> +Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not
>> +have PPIs or SGIs.
>> +
>> +Main node required properties:
>> +
>> +- compatible : should be one of:
>> + "arm,cortex-a9-gic"
>> + "arm,arm11mp-gic"
>> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
>> +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
>> + interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3.
>> +
>> + The 1st cell is the interrupt number. 0-15 are reserved for SGIs. 16-31 are
>> + for PPIs.
>> +
>> + The 2nd cell is the level-sense information, encoded as follows:
>> + 1 = low-to-high edge triggered
>> + 2 = high-to-low edge triggered
>> + 4 = active high level-sensitive
>> + 8 = active low level-sensitive
>> +
>> + Only values of 1 and 4 are valid for GIC 1.0 spec.
>> +
>> + The 3rd cell contains the mask of the cpu number for the interrupt source.
>> + The cpu mask is only valid for PPIs and shall be 0 for SPIs. This value shall
>> + be 0 for PPIs.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Typo here ? The way I understand it, it should read "For PPIs, this
> value shall be the mask of the possible CPU numbers for the interrupt
> source" (or something to similar effect...).
>

Cut and paste error. This sentence goes in the previous paragraph. What
I meant is the 2nd cell should contain 0 for PPIs as you cannot set the
edge/level on PPIs (that is always true, right?). I probably should also
add 0 in the list of values.

I take it you are otherwise fine with this binding?

Rob

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