From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerry-ch Chen Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V1 1/6] dt-bindings: mt8183: Add binding for FD shared memory Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 18:04:13 +0800 Message-ID: <1558346653.3318.18.camel@mtksdccf07> References: <20190423104505.38778-1-Jerry-Ch.chen@mediatek.com> <20190423104505.38778-2-Jerry-Ch.chen@mediatek.com> <20190501224512.GA4287@bogus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20190501224512.GA4287@bogus> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org To: Rob Herring Cc: "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , Sean Cheng =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E9=84=AD=E6=98=87=E5=BC=98=29?= , "laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com" , Rynn Wu =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E5=90=B3=E8=82=B2=E6=81=A9=29?= , Christie Yu =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E6=B8=B8=E9=9B=85=E6=83=A0=29?= , srv_heupstream , Holmes Chiou =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E9=82=B1=E6=8C=BA=29?= , "suleiman@chromium.org" , "shik@chromium.org" , "tfiga@chromium.org" , Jungo Lin =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E6=9E=97=E6=98=8E=E4=BF=8A=29?= , Sj Huang =?UTF-8?Q?=28=E9=BB=83=E4=BF=A1=E7=92=8B=29?= , "yuzhao@chromium.org" , hans.verkuil@cisco. List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Rob, Thank you for your comments. On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 06:45 +0800, Rob Herring wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 06:45:00PM +0800, Jerry-ch Chen wrote: > > From: Jerry-ch Chen > > > > This patch adds the binding for describing the shared memory > > used to exchange meta data between the co-processor and Face > > Detection (FD) unit of the camera system on Mediatek SoCs. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jerry-ch Chen > > --- > > .../mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem.txt > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem.txt > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..52ae5071e238 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ > > +Mediatek FD Shared Memory binding > > + > > +This binding describes the shared memory, which serves the purpose of > > +describing the shared memory region used to exchange data between Face > > +Detection hardware (FD) and co-processor in Mediatek SoCs. > > + > > +The co-processor doesn't have the iommu so we need to use the physical > > +address to access the shared buffer in the firmware. > > + > > +The Face Detection hardware (FD) can access memory through mt8183 IOMMU so > > +it can use dma address to access the memory region. > > +(See iommu/mediatek,iommu.txt for the detailed description of Mediatek IOMMU) > > + > > + > > +Required properties: > > + > > +- compatible: must be "mediatek,reserve-memory-fd_smem" > > + > > +- reg: required for static allocation (see reserved-memory.txt for > > + the detailed usage) > > + > > +- alloc-range: required for dynamic allocation. The range must > > + between 0x00000400 and 0x100000000 due to the co-processer's > > + addressing limitation > > + > > +- size: required for dynamic allocation. The unit is bytes. > > + for Face Detection Unit, you need 1 MB at least. > > What's the most? > For this part, we would like to revise as following: alloc-range: required for dynamic allocation. The range must between 0x40000000 and 0x100000000 due to the co-processor's addressing limitation size: required for dynamic allocation. The unit is bytes. for Face Detection Unit, you need 518KB. > I don't think you really need reserved memory here if you don't need a > fixed address. The size is not that big that a contiguous allocation > shouldn't be a problem (though with IOMMU you don't even need that). > 'dma-ranges' can be used to set the kernel's dma mask and ensure a > range below 0x10000000. > FD driver might be able to use the FD memory pool inside the scp reserved memory instead of declaring reserved memory here. would you have any suggestion if so? Sincerely, Jerry > Rob