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From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@outlook.com>
Cc: Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
	aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, chao.wei@sophgo.com,
	evicetree@vger.kernel.org, emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com,
	guoren@kernel.org, jszhang@kernel.org,
	krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, palmer@dabbelt.com,
	paul.walmsley@sifive.com, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	xiaoguang.xing@sophgo.com, Chen Wang <wangchen20@iscas.ac.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/11] dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 clint
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:43:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230922-thumb-galvanize-bef393a1bda4@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <IA1PR20MB4953D983915AD8E35FD3E51FBBFFA@IA1PR20MB4953.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>


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On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 01:16:35PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:

> >> The SiFive CLINT has flexibility related limitations which makes it
> >> not useful for multi-socket and mult-die systems. The SiFive CLINT
> >> is also not useful for systems with AIA because with AIA M-mode has
> >> a new way of doing M-mode IPIs. Due to this reasons, the RISC-V
> >> ACLINT spec breaks down traditional SiFive CLINT into two separate
> >> devices namely mtimer and mswi. This allows platforms to implement
> >> only the required set of devices. The mtimer as defined by the ACLINT
> >> specifications also allows platforms to place mtime and mtimecmp
> >> registers at different locations.
> >>
> >> Refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/main/riscv-aclint.adoc
> >>
> >> We need a separate DT bindings document for ACLINT MTIMER
> >> and ACLINT MSWI because these are separate devices. The
> >> Sophgo sg2042 SoC should add their implementation specific
> >> compatible strings in this document.
> >
> >If the spec isn't frozen, I'm not accepting a binding for the "generic"
> >version of it. Bindings for this specific implemtnation are okay.
> >For sure though, squeezing this into the sifive,plic binding isn't
> >appropriate.
> >
> 
> It seems I have missed a point. I wonder whether it is better to add a
> "aclint" binding firstly and then add sg2042 to it, or just use sg2042
> specific binding?

sg2042 specific, being frozen is a requirement for merging patches
related to RVI specifications.

> If use "aclint" binding, I wonder it is OK to add
> thead quirks as compatible specific properties, or left this to the SBI to
> handle? e.g. T-HEAD timer is not 64bit timer, and we should identify this.

The compatible string alone should be sufficient to identify the width
of the timer etc.

Thanks,
Conor.

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From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@outlook.com>
Cc: Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
	aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, chao.wei@sophgo.com,
	evicetree@vger.kernel.org, emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com,
	guoren@kernel.org, jszhang@kernel.org,
	krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, palmer@dabbelt.com,
	paul.walmsley@sifive.com, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	xiaoguang.xing@sophgo.com, Chen Wang <wangchen20@iscas.ac.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/11] dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 clint
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:43:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230922-thumb-galvanize-bef393a1bda4@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <IA1PR20MB4953D983915AD8E35FD3E51FBBFFA@IA1PR20MB4953.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 01:16:35PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:

> >> The SiFive CLINT has flexibility related limitations which makes it
> >> not useful for multi-socket and mult-die systems. The SiFive CLINT
> >> is also not useful for systems with AIA because with AIA M-mode has
> >> a new way of doing M-mode IPIs. Due to this reasons, the RISC-V
> >> ACLINT spec breaks down traditional SiFive CLINT into two separate
> >> devices namely mtimer and mswi. This allows platforms to implement
> >> only the required set of devices. The mtimer as defined by the ACLINT
> >> specifications also allows platforms to place mtime and mtimecmp
> >> registers at different locations.
> >>
> >> Refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-aclint/blob/main/riscv-aclint.adoc
> >>
> >> We need a separate DT bindings document for ACLINT MTIMER
> >> and ACLINT MSWI because these are separate devices. The
> >> Sophgo sg2042 SoC should add their implementation specific
> >> compatible strings in this document.
> >
> >If the spec isn't frozen, I'm not accepting a binding for the "generic"
> >version of it. Bindings for this specific implemtnation are okay.
> >For sure though, squeezing this into the sifive,plic binding isn't
> >appropriate.
> >
> 
> It seems I have missed a point. I wonder whether it is better to add a
> "aclint" binding firstly and then add sg2042 to it, or just use sg2042
> specific binding?

sg2042 specific, being frozen is a requirement for merging patches
related to RVI specifications.

> If use "aclint" binding, I wonder it is OK to add
> thead quirks as compatible specific properties, or left this to the SBI to
> handle? e.g. T-HEAD timer is not 64bit timer, and we should identify this.

The compatible string alone should be sufficient to identify the width
of the timer etc.

Thanks,
Conor.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-22  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 176+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-20  6:33 [PATCH v2 00/11] Add Milk-V Pioneer RISC-V board support Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:33 ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:34 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] riscv: Add SOPHGO SOC family Kconfig support Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:34   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:34   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:34     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:21   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:21     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  6:37 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add milkv/sophgo Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:37   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:38   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:38     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:22   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:22     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  9:14     ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  9:14       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:37 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] dt-bindings: riscv: add sophgo sg2042 bindings Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:37   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:43   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:43     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:28   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:28     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 10:21     ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 10:21       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 12:18       ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 12:18         ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 13:40         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 13:40           ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 13:51         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 13:51           ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 14:00           ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 14:00             ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-22  1:48     ` Chen Wang
2023-09-22  1:48       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20 11:55   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 11:55     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 12:03     ` 汪辰
2023-09-20 12:03       ` 汪辰
2023-09-21  0:48       ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-09-21  0:48         ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-09-20  6:38 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] dt-bindings: riscv: Add T-HEAD C920 compatibles Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:38   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:44   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:44     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:37   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:37     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  6:39 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Add SOPHGO's SG2042 PLIC Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:39   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:45   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:45     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:57   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:57     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  6:39 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 clint Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:39   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:12   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:12     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:50   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:50     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  9:08     ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20  9:08       ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20  9:53       ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  9:53         ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 11:24         ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 11:24           ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 13:03           ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 13:03             ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21  0:43             ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  0:43               ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  8:05               ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21  8:05                 ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21  8:18                 ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  8:18                   ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  8:52                   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21  8:52                     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21  9:44                     ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  9:44                       ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 11:57   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 11:57     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 12:15     ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 12:15       ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 12:30       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 12:30         ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 12:40         ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 12:40           ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 12:58           ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 12:58             ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 13:09             ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 13:09               ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 14:38             ` Anup Patel
2023-09-20 14:38               ` Anup Patel
2023-09-20 14:51               ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 14:51                 ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 22:20                 ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20 22:20                   ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-22  5:16                 ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-22  5:16                   ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-22  7:43                   ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2023-09-22  7:43                     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-22  8:18                     ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-22  8:18                       ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20  6:39 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] dt-bindings: serial: snps-dw-apb-uart: Add Sophgo SG2042 uarts Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:39   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:51   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:51     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:37   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:37     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  6:40 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] serial: 8250_dw: Add Sophgo SG2042 support Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:40   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  7:53   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  7:53     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:05     ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:05       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:08       ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:08         ` Guo Ren
2023-09-22  9:41   ` Ben Dooks
2023-09-22  9:41     ` Ben Dooks
2023-09-22 10:40     ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-22 10:40       ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-22 11:39       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-22 11:39         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-26  7:38       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-26  7:38         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:40 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] riscv: dts: add initial SOPHGO SG2042 SoC device tree Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:40   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:04   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:04     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:57   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:57     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  9:07     ` [PATCH v2 06/11] dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 clint Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-20  9:07       ` Inochi Amaoto
2023-09-21  9:56     ` [PATCH v2 09/11] riscv: dts: add initial SOPHGO SG2042 SoC device tree Chen Wang
2023-09-21  9:56       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 10:15       ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 10:15         ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 10:27         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 10:27           ` Chen Wang
2023-09-21 12:06           ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-21 12:06             ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 11:32   ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-20 11:32     ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-20 12:09     ` 汪辰
2023-09-20 12:09       ` 汪辰
2023-09-20 12:32       ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-20 12:32         ` Emil Renner Berthing
2023-09-20 12:37         ` 汪辰
2023-09-20 12:37           ` 汪辰
2023-09-20 15:19   ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-09-20 15:19     ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-09-20 15:31     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 15:31       ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  6:40 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] riscv: dts: sophgo: add Milk-V Pioneer board " Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:40   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:05   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:05     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:16   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:16     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 11:59   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20 11:59     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-09-20  6:41 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] riscv: defconfig: enable SOPHGO SoC Chen Wang
2023-09-20  6:41   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20  8:06   ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:06     ` Guo Ren
2023-09-20  8:58   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20  8:58     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] Add Milk-V Pioneer RISC-V board support Conor Dooley
2023-09-20 10:01   ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-22 10:24   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-22 10:24     ` Chen Wang
2023-09-22 10:50     ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-22 10:50       ` Conor Dooley
2023-09-22 11:28       ` Chen Wang
2023-09-22 11:28         ` Chen Wang
2023-09-20 15:22 ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-09-20 15:22   ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-09-26 10:29   ` Chen Wang
2023-09-26 10:29     ` Chen Wang

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