Re: [PATCH 5/5] firmware: ti_sci: Add support for reboot core service

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Aug 23 2016 - 13:49:23 EST


On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 05:51:59PM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> Since system controller now has control over SoC power management, it
> needs to be explicitly requested to reboot the SoC. Add support for
> it.
>
> In some systems however, SoC needs to toggle a GPIO or send event to an
> external entity (like a PMIC) for a system reboot to take place. To
> facilitate that, we allow for a DT property to determine if the reboot
> handler will be registered and further, the service is also made
> available to other drivers (such as PMIC driver) to sequence the
> additional operation and trigger the SoC reboot as the last step.
>
> Tested-by: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/ti_sci.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/firmware/ti_sci.h | 12 +++
> include/linux/soc/ti/ti_sci_protocol.h | 11 +++
> 4 files changed, 109 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt
> index 965d45e313b1..ed5b8fc185f1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Optional Properties:
> - reg-names:
> debug_messages - Map the Debug message region
> - reg: register space corresponding to the debug_messages
> +- ti,system-reboot-controller: If system reboot can be triggered by SoC reboot

Don't define bindings incrementally. But all the binding in one patch.

Rob