From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Cc: p.zabel@pengutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>,
"maintainer:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE"
<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
"open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS"
<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"moderated list:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: reset: Add document for Broadcom STB reset controller
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 13:19:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190103191915.GB6613@bogus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2a54c2cf-5595-ade5-fb29-40e8b6d3133e@gmail.com>
On Thu, Jan 03, 2019 at 10:53:25AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 1/3/19 9:41 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 05:34:08PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >> Add a binding document for the Broadcom STB reset controller, also known
> >> as SW_INIT-style reset controller.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >> .../devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,reset.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
> >> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
> >> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,reset.txt
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,reset.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,reset.txt
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..6e5341b4f891
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/brcm,reset.txt
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> >> +Broadcom STB SW_INIT-style reset controller
> >> +===========================================
> >> +
> >> +Broadcom STB SoCs have a SW_INIT-style reset controller with separate
> >> +SET/CLEAR/STATUS registers and possibly multiple banks, each of 32 bit
> >> +reset lines.
> >> +
> >> +Please also refer to reset.txt in this directory for common reset
> >> +controller binding usage.
> >> +
> >> +Required properties:
> >> +- compatible: should be brcm,brcmstb-reset
> >> +- reg: register base and length
> >> +- #reset-cells: must be set to 1
> >> +
> >> +Example:
> >> +
> >> + reset: reset-controller@8404318 {
> >> + compatible = "brcm,brcmstb-reset";
> >> + reg = <0x8404318 0x30>;
> >
> > Based on this address, should this be a sub-node of something else? Or
> > not even a sub-node and just make the parent be a reset provider?
>
> The reset controller is part of a larger "sundry" node which has a
> collection of functionality, from pinmux/pinctrl, reset controller,
> spare bits, chicken bits, anything the designers forgot to put somewhere
> else and decided to put there.
>
> If there is one thing consistent though is that given a set of 32-bit
> register groups, they have a self contained functionality such that you
> can break up the larger "sundry" space into smaller sub-blocks which
> have one an only one functionality. Do you think this warrants a
> different representation in Device Tree?
With pinctrl in the mix, you're going to need sub-nodes anyways. So just
define what this is a sub-node of.
Also, I'd prefer to have complete example for the "sundry" node and
child nodes than partial examples spread across the tree.
Rob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-03 19:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-21 1:34 [PATCH 0/2] reset: Add Broadcom STB SW_INIT reset controller driver Florian Fainelli
2018-12-21 1:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: reset: Add document for Broadcom STB reset controller Florian Fainelli
2018-12-31 23:13 ` Scott Branden
2019-01-02 20:38 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-01-03 17:41 ` Rob Herring
2019-01-03 18:53 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-01-03 19:19 ` Rob Herring [this message]
2019-01-03 19:31 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-01-03 22:54 ` Rob Herring
2019-01-11 18:51 ` Florian Fainelli
2018-12-21 1:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] reset: Add Broadcom STB SW_INIT reset controller driver Florian Fainelli
2019-01-02 10:44 ` Philipp Zabel
2019-01-02 20:38 ` Florian Fainelli
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