[PATCH 1/3] Docs: dt: add generic MSI bindings

Marc Zyngier
2015-07-24T07:04:22Z

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:26:11 +0100
David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:

> On 07/23/2015 09:52 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> [...]
> > +MSI clients
> > +===========
> > +
> > +MSI clients are devices which generate MSIs. For each MSI they wish to
> > +generate, the doorbell and payload may be configured, though sideband
> > +information may not be configurable.
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +--------------------
> > +
> > +- msi-parent: A list of phandle + msi-specifier pairs, one for each MSI
> > + controller which the device is capable of using.
> > +
>
> We say here that "msi-parent" consists of pairs ...
>
> > + This property is unordered, and MSIs may be allocated from any combination of
> > + MSI controllers listed in the msi-parent property.
> > +
> > + If a device has restrictions on the allocation of MSIs, these restrictions
> > + must be described with additional properties.
> > +
> > + When #msi-cells is non-zero, busses with an msi-parent will require
> > + additional properties to describe the relationship between devices on the bus
> > + and the set of MSIs they can potentially generate.
> > +
> > +
> > +Example
> > +=======
> > +
> > +/ {
> > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > + #size-cells = <1>;
> > +
> > + msi_a: msi-controller at a {
> > + reg = <0xa 0xf00>;
> > + compatible = "vendor-a,some-controller";
> > + msi-controller;
> > + /* No sideband data, so #msi-cells omitted */
> > + };
> > +
> > + msi_b: msi-controller at b {
> > + reg = <0xb 0xf00>;
> > + compatible = "vendor-b,another-controller";
> > + msi-controller;
> > + /* Each device has some unique ID */
> > + #msi-cells = <1>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + msi_c: msi-controller at c {
> > + reg = <0xb 0xf00>;
> > + compatible = "vendor-b,another-controller";
> > + msi-controller;
> > + /* Each device has some unique ID */
> > + #msi-cells = <1>;
> > + };
> > +
> > + dev at 0 {
> > + reg = <0x0 0xf00>;
> > + compatible = "vendor-c,some-device";
> > +
> > + /* Can only generate MSIs to msi_a */
> > + msi-parent = <&msi_a>;
>
>
> My device-tree syntax foo is a little rusty, but doesn't "msi-parent"
> need a pair of elements? This has only the phandle.

This is a pair in the sense of (phandle, msi-specifier).

msi_a doesn't have a #msi-cells, so its msi-specifier is of size 0. In
that case, the pair is (phandle, empty-set).

You could also have something like:

msi_d: msi-controller at d {
#msi-cells = <2>;
};

dev at f {
msi-parent = <&msi_d 0x1 0x2>;
};

and msi-parent in this case would still be a pair, with an
msi-specifier of size 2.

Hope this helps,

M.
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