Re: [PATCH 3/8] ARM: l2x0: add Marvell Tauros3 compatible

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Tue Oct 08 2013 - 09:41:38 EST


On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 01:24:28PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> This add a compatible for the Marvell Tauros3 cache controller which
> is compatible with l2x0 cache controllers. While updating the binding
> documentation, clean up the list of possible compatibles.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
> index c0c7626..a1d0cbd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
> @@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ The ARM L2 cache representation in the device tree should be done as follows:
> Required properties:
>
> - compatible : should be one of:
> - "arm,pl310-cache"
> - "arm,l220-cache"
> - "arm,l210-cache"
> - "marvell,aurora-system-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
> + "arm,pl310-cache"
> + "arm,l220-cache"
> + "arm,l210-cache"
> + "bcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": DEPRECATED by "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache"
> + "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": For Broadcom bcm11351 chipset where an
> + offset needs to be added to the address before passing down to the L2
> + cache controller
> + "marvell,aurora-system-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
> compatible with the ARM one, with system cache mode (meaning
> maintenance operations on L1 are broadcasted to the L2 and L2
> performs the same operation).
> - "marvell,"aurora-outer-cache: Marvell Controller designed to be
> - compatible with the ARM one with outer cache mode.
> - "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": For Broadcom bcm11351 chipset where an
> - offset needs to be added to the address before passing down to the L2
> - cache controller
> - "bcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": DEPRECATED by
> - "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache"
> + "marvell,aurora-outer-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
> + compatible with the ARM one with outer cache mode.
> + "marvell,tauros3-cache": Marvell Tauros3 cache controller.

How does the tauros3 cache differ from the other caches supported by the
l2x0 driver?

> - cache-unified : Specifies the cache is a unified cache.
> - cache-level : Should be set to 2 for a level 2 cache.
> - reg : Physical base address and size of cache controller's memory mapped
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> index 447da6f..90c776e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> @@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id l2x0_ids[] __initconst = {
> .data = (void *)&aurora_no_outer_data},
> { .compatible = "marvell,aurora-outer-cache",
> .data = (void *)&aurora_with_outer_data},
> + { .compatible = "marvell,tauros3-cache", .data = (void *)&l2x0_data },

Are we intending to handle this differently later?

Or is it 100% compatible with the pl210 or pl220? We could just require
an entry later in the compatible string list instead...

Cheers,
Mark.
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