Re: [PATCH 1/7] firmware: arm_scmi: imx: Add documentation for MISC_BOARD_INFO

[Peng Fan <peng.fan@oss.nxp.com>]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 10:45:58AM +0800, Peng Fan wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 01:46:03PM +0100, Cristian Marussi wrote:
>>On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 02:03:44PM +0800, Peng Fan wrote:
>>> System Manager Firmware supports getting board information, add
>>> documentation for this API
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/imx95.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/imx95.rst b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/imx95.rst
>>> index 4e246a78a042a79eb81be35632079c7626bbbe57..ac82da0d1e5ce5fa65a5771286aaebb748c8a4e6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/imx95.rst
>>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/imx95.rst
>>> @@ -1670,6 +1670,26 @@ protocol_id: 0x84
>>>  |uint32 syslog[N]    |Log data array, N is defined in bits[11:0] of numLogflags|
>>>  +--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>>  
>>> +MISC_BOARD_INFO
>>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> +
>>> +message_id: 0xE
>>> +protocol_id: 0x84
>>> +
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +|Return values                                                                 |
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +|Name                |Description                                              |
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +|int32 status        |SUCCESS: config name return                              |
>>> +|                    |NOT_SUPPORTED: name not available                        |
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +|uint32 attributes   |Board specific attributes                                |
>>
>>..what's in here ?
>
>It is 0 as of now, per my understanding, it could be to any value that
>board owner wanna. Anyway, I need check with our Firmware owners, then
>update you.

It is for future expansion without breaking backwards compatibility.

I could add the information
"
 Board specific attributes(reserved for future
 expansion without breaking backwards compatibility)
"

Thanks,
Peng

>
>>
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +|uint8 boardname[16] |Board name. Null terminated ASCII string of up           |
>>> +|                    |to 16 bytes in length                                    |
>>> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
>>> +
>>>  NEGOTIATE_PROTOCOL_VERSION
>>>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>
>>..other than this, LGTM.
>>  
>>Reviewed;by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
>
>Thanks,
>Peng
>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Cristian