Re: [PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: mips: brcm: Document mips-cbr-reg property

[Conor Dooley]

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 03:54:03PM +0200, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Document mips-cbr-reg and mips-broken-cbr-reg property.
> 
> Some SoC suffer from a BUG where read_c0_brcm_cbr() might return 0
> if called from TP1. The CBR address is always the same on the SoC
> hence it can be provided in DT to handle broken case where bootloader
> doesn't init it or SMP where read_c0_brcm_cbr() returns 0 from TP1.
> 
> Usage of this property is to give an address also in these broken
> configuration/bootloader.
> 
> If the SoC/Bootloader ALWAYS provide a broken CBR address the property
> "mips-broken-cbr-reg" can be used to ignore any value already set in the
> registers for CBR address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml    | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> index 975945ca2888..12d394b7e011 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/brcm/soc.yaml
> @@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ properties:
>           under the "cpus" node.
>          $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>  
> +      mips-broken-cbr-reg:
> +        description: Declare that the Bootloader init a broken
> +          CBR address in the registers and the one provided from
> +          DT should always be used.

Why is this property even needed, is it not sufficient to just add the
mips-cbr-reg property to the DT for SoCs that need it and use the
property when present?

> +        type: boolean
> +
> +      mips-cbr-reg:

Missing a vendor prefix.

> +        description: Reference address of the CBR.
> +          Some SoC suffer from a BUG where read_c0_brcm_cbr() might
> +          return 0 if called from TP1. The CBR address is always the
> +          same on the SoC hence it can be provided in DT to handle
> +          broken case where bootloader doesn't init it or SMP where

s/init/initialise/ please :)

Thanks,
Conor.

> +          read_c0_brcm_cbr() returns 0 from TP1.
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +
>      patternProperties:
>        "^cpu@[0-9]$":
>          type: object
> @@ -64,6 +79,23 @@ properties:
>      required:
>        - mips-hpt-frequency
>  
> +dependencies:
> +  mips-broken-cbr-reg: [ mips-cbr-reg ]
> +
> +if:
> +  properties:
> +    compatible:
> +      contains:
> +        anyOf:
> +          - const: brcm,bcm6358
> +          - const: brcm,bcm6368
> +
> +then:
> +  properties:
> +    cpus:
> +      required:
> +        - mips-cbr-reg
> +
>  additionalProperties: true
>  
>  examples:
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>

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