Re: [PATCH v3 01/25] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: Add bindings for APR bus

[Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>]

Thanks for the review,

On 13/02/18 23:12, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 04:58:13PM +0000, srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org wrote:
>> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>>
>> This patch add dt bindings for Qualcomm APR (Asynchronous Packet Router)
>> bus driver. This bus is used for communicating with DSP which provides
>> audio and various other services to cpu.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   .../devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,apr.txt      | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 83 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,apr.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,apr.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,apr.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..1b95fbfed348
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,apr.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
>> +Qualcomm APR (Asynchronous Packet Router) binding
>> +
>> +This binding describes the Qualcomm APR. APR is a IPC protocol for
>> +communication between Application processor and QDSP. APR is mainly
>> +used for audio/voice services on the QDSP.
>> +
>> +- compatible:
>> +	Usage: required
>> +	Value type: <stringlist>
>> +	Definition: must be "qcom,apr-v<VERSION-NUMBER>", example "qcom,apr-v2"
>> +
>> +- qcom,apr-dest-domain-id
>> +	Usage: required
>> +	Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
>> +	Definition: Destination processor ID.
>> +	Possible values are :
>> +			1 - APR simulator
>> +			2 - PC
>> +			3 - MODEM
>> +			4 - ADSP
>> +			5 - APPS
>> +			6 - MODEM2
>> +			7 - APPS2
>> +
>> += APR SERVICES
>> +Each subnode of the APR node can represent service tied to this apr. The name
>> +of the nodes are not important. The properties of these nodes are defined
>> +by the individual bindings for the specific service
>> +- but must contain the following property:
>> +
...
>> += APR DEVICES:
>> +Each subnode of the APR node can represent devices tied to this apr, like
>> +sound-card. The properties of these nodes are defined by the individual
>> +bindings for the specific device.
> 
> It's not a good design generally to mix different types of nodes at one
> level.

I agree, may be I can split the services and devices into different 
subnodes like below, which should avoid mixing different types of nodes.

Does this sound good to you?

apr {
         compatible = "qcom,apr-v2";
         qcom,smd-channels = "apr_audio_svc";
         qcom,apr-dest-domain-id = <APR_DOMAIN_ADSP>;

         apr-services {
                 q6core {
                         qcom,apr-svc-name = "CORE";
                         qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_ADSP_CORE>;
                         compatible = "qcom,q6core";
                 };

                 q6afe: q6afe {
                         compatible = "qcom,q6afe";
                         qcom,apr-svc-name = "AFE";
                         qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_AFE>;
                         #sound-dai-cells = <1>;
                 };

                 q6asm: q6asm {
                         compatible = "qcom,q6asm";
                         qcom,apr-svc-name = "ASM";
                         qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_ASM>;
                         #sound-dai-cells = <1>;
                 };

                 q6adm: q6adm {
                         compatible = "qcom,q6adm";
                         qcom,apr-svc-name = "ADM";
                         qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_ADM>;
                         #sound-dai-cells = <0>;
                 };
         };

         apr-devices {
                 audio {
                         compatible = "qcom,msm8996-snd-card";
                         ...
                 };
         };
};
 
 


> 
>> +
>> += EXAMPLE
>> +The following example represents a QDSP based sound card on a MSM8996 device
>> +which uses apr as communication between Apps and QDSP.
>> +
>> +	apr {
>> +		compatible = "qcom,apr-v2";
>> +		qcom,smd-channels = "apr_audio_svc";
>> +		qcom,apr-dest-domain-id = <APR_DOMAIN_ADSP>;
>> +
>> +		q6core {
>> +			compatible = "qcom,q6core";
>> +			qcom,apr-svc-name = "CORE";
>> +			qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_ADSP_CORE>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		q6afe {
>> +			compatible = "qcom,q6afe";
>> +			qcom,apr-svc-name = "AFE";
>> +			qcom,apr-svc-id = <APR_SVC_AFE>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		audio {
>> +			compatible = "qcom,msm8996-snd-card";
>> +			...
>> +		};
>> +	};
>> -- 
>> 2.15.1
>>