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

[Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>]

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                                |

As suggested, please add current definition of the values.

> ++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
> +|uint8 boardname[16] |Board name. Null terminated ASCII string of up           |
> +|                    |to 16 bytes in length                                    |

How does this match with the information from the DT ? Will they be in sync ?
I understand NXP being silicon vendor, wants to have vendor extensions. But
any board information comes from the OEMs/ODMs. Do you expect them to change
their SCMI firmware. That's not the general expectation, so I am bit puzzled
on this whole BOARD_INFO interface. Please help me understand the motivation
for this new interface.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep