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From: ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com (Ezequiel Garcia)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Add static window allocation to the DT binding
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:36:21 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130612213620.GC23012@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130612212641.GB8625@obsidianresearch.com>

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 03:26:42PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 06:12:22PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> 
[...]
> > 
> > This departs considerably from what I'm aiming right now.
> > 
> > Are you suggesting to not put *any* mapping in the mbus 'ranges' node in
> > the DT (other than internal-regs)?
> 
> My view is that the ranges should be respected. If an address is
> present, it should be used, unless there is a conflict.
> 
> If no address is present (unclear why anyone would do this, but OK)
> then demand allocate via the linux resource allocator through the
> of_bus stuff seems reasonable to me..
> 
> Just to re-iterate Arnd's earlier comment: The DT representation
> must handle dynamic allocation, but we can defer implementing the
> kernel side until there is a need.
> 
> It isn't clear to me there is a need.....
> 

Right. And just to confirm: this kernel side dynamic implementation
will be completely independent of the MBus DT layout proposal.
So I think it's best to agree on this binding first.

I'll post a v2 with the progress I've made using the preprocessor.
-- 
Ezequiel Garc?a, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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From: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe
	<jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Lior Amsalem <alior-eYqpPyKDWXRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew-g2DYL2Zd6BY@public.gmane.org>,
	Jason Cooper <jason-NLaQJdtUoK4Be96aLqz0jA@public.gmane.org>,
	devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
	Maen Suleiman <maen-eYqpPyKDWXRBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth
	<sebastian.hesselbarth-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Add static window allocation to the DT binding
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:36:21 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130612213620.GC23012@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130612212641.GB8625-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 03:26:42PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 06:12:22PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> 
[...]
> > 
> > This departs considerably from what I'm aiming right now.
> > 
> > Are you suggesting to not put *any* mapping in the mbus 'ranges' node in
> > the DT (other than internal-regs)?
> 
> My view is that the ranges should be respected. If an address is
> present, it should be used, unless there is a conflict.
> 
> If no address is present (unclear why anyone would do this, but OK)
> then demand allocate via the linux resource allocator through the
> of_bus stuff seems reasonable to me..
> 
> Just to re-iterate Arnd's earlier comment: The DT representation
> must handle dynamic allocation, but we can defer implementing the
> kernel side until there is a need.
> 
> It isn't clear to me there is a need.....
> 

Right. And just to confirm: this kernel side dynamic implementation
will be completely independent of the MBus DT layout proposal.
So I think it's best to agree on this binding first.

I'll post a v2 with the progress I've made using the preprocessor.
-- 
Ezequiel García, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-12 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 136+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-07 16:47 [PATCH 00/14] MBus device tree binding Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 01/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Use pr_fmt Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:56   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-06-07 16:56     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-06-08 14:15   ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-08 14:15     ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 02/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Factor out initialization details Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 03/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Introduce device tree binding Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 19:10   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 19:10     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 19:44     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 19:44       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 19:53       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 19:53         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 20:09         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 20:09           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 21:15           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 21:15             ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-08  0:26             ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-08  0:26               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-08 17:29       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-08 17:29         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 04/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Add static window allocation to the DT binding Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 19:01   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 19:01     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 20:00     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 20:00       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-07 21:07       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 21:07         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-08 18:38       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-08 18:38         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-09  1:45         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-09  1:45           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-09 14:39           ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-09 14:39             ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-11 13:57           ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-11 13:57             ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-11 15:26             ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 15:26               ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 21:50               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-11 21:50                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-11 22:22                 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-11 22:22                   ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-11 23:02                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 23:02                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 23:08                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-11 23:08                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12  7:37                     ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-12  7:37                       ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-11 22:34                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 22:34                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 22:58                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-11 22:58                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-11 23:10                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 23:10                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 11:14                   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 11:14                     ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 20:45                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 20:45                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 21:12                       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 21:12                         ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 21:26                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 21:26                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 21:36                           ` Ezequiel Garcia [this message]
2013-06-12 21:36                             ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 21:52                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 21:52                               ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 22:02                               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 22:02                                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 22:20                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 22:20                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 22:24                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 22:24                                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-15 16:03                           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-15 16:03                             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 20:02                 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 20:02                   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 20:12                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 20:12                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2013-06-12 21:50                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 21:50                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 11:07               ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 11:07                 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 11:43                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 11:43                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 11:54                   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 11:54                     ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 11:58                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 11:58                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 10:52           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 10:52             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-09 13:42         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-09 13:42           ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-09 14:34           ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-09 14:34             ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-09 15:37             ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-09 15:37               ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-12 10:48         ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 10:48           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-11 13:31     ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-11 13:31       ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-11 15:02       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-11 15:02         ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 05/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Update the mbus-compatible node's ranges property Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-12 10:25   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-12 10:25     ` Grant Likely
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 06/14] ARM: mvebu: Initialize MBus using the DT binding Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 07/14] ARM: mvebu: Remove the harcoded BootROM window allocation Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 08/14] memory: mvebu-devbus: Remove address decoding window workaround Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 09/14] ARM: mvebu: Add MBus to Armada 370/XP device tree Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 10/14] ARM: mvebu: Add BootROM " Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 11/14] ARM: mvebu: Relocate Armada 370/XP DeviceBus device tree nodes Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 19:18   ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 19:18     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 12/14] ARM: mvebu: Remove device tree unused properties on A370 Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:56   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-06-07 16:56     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-06-08 14:18   ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-08 14:18     ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 13/14] ARM: mvebu: Relocate Armada 370 PCIe device tree nodes Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47 ` [PATCH 14/14] ARM: mvebu: Relocate Armada XP " Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-07 16:47   ` Ezequiel Garcia

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