[PATCH v4 5/5] arm64: dts: Add dts files for Hisilicon Hi6220 SoC

[btw@mail.itp.ac.cn (Bintian Wang)]

Hi Mark,

> Hi,
> 
> > > I think that given that we know the UART is not quite a PL011 we should
> > > add an additional compatible string just in case some difference crops
> > > up later that is problematic.
> > >
> > > So we'd have something like:
> > >
> > > 	compatible = "hisilicon,hi6220-uart", "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
> > >
> > > That way we can add any optimisations or workarounds later as required.
> > I understand and thanks for your suggestion.
> > 
> > Can I do not do this work in this patch set? Because I got the
> > information UART0 is PL011 compatible. Hisilicon uart engineer can do
> > this work in the future, maybe for UART1/UART2.
> 
> I am not asking you to do any driver work for this -- the current driver
> should ignore the "hisilicon,hi6220-uart" string and recognise
> "arm,pl011".
> 
> I am only asking you to add the additional string to the DTS, and to
> update the binding document to list the new string. That way if and when
> we need the kernel to distinguish between a regular PL011 and the
> hi6220-specific variant, the DTB does not need to be updated in order to
> do so.
How about add the following binding rule to the 2/5 patch:
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*Hisilicon Enhanced ARM AMBA Primecell PL011 serial UART

Required properties:
- compatible: must be "hisilicon,hi6220-uart", "arm,primecell", "arm,pl011"
- reg: exactly one register range with length 0x1000
- interrupts: exactly one interrupt specifier

See also bindings/serial/pl011.txt

Example:

uart0: uart at f8015000 { 
        compatible = "hisilicon,hi6220-uart", "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
        reg = <0x0 0xf8015000 0x0 0x1000>;
        interrupts = <GIC_SPI 36 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
        clocks = <&ao_ctrl HI6220_UART0_PCLK>, <&ao_ctrl HI6220_UART0_PCLK>;
        clock-names = "uartclk", "apb_pclk";
};
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> Is UART 0 different from UART1 and UART2?
Yes,  but my patch just includes UART0, we do some changements for UART1/2
to improve performance.  

Thanks,

Bintian

> 
> Thanks,
> Mark.
> 
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