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From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com>,
	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>,
	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-sunxi@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] dt-bindings: Add a binding for a mailbox-backed interrupt controller
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:42:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190312134208.GA2017@bogus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190302042951.53671-12-samuel@sholland.org>

On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 10:29:47PM -0600, Samuel Holland wrote:
> This is a somewhat generic binding for an interrupt controller/forwarder
> implemented in firmware and communicated with using a mailbox.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>
> ---
>  .../interrupt-controller/mbox-intc.txt        | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mbox-intc.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mbox-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mbox-intc.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a0eb7904ca83
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/mbox-intc.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +Mailbox-backed Interrupt Controller
> +===================================

Probably never really going to be generic as every mailbox protocol is 
different.

> +
> +This binding represents an interrupt controller implemented in firmware,
> +that uses a mailbox channel to signal and acknowledge interrupts.
> +
> +Device Node:
> +============
> +
> +Required properties:
> +--------------------
> +- compatible:		Must be one of the following strings:
> +			- allwinner,sunxi-msgbox-intc
> +- interrupt-controller:	Signifies that this node is an interrupt controller.
> +- #interrupt-cells:	Must be 1.

No edge/level control?

> +- mboxes:		phandle for the mailbox controller and channel
> +			specifier. If the mailbox controller has unidirectional
> +			channels, two entries are required (see below).
> +- mbox-names:		Only required for unidirectional mailbox channels. In
> +			that case, it must contain the strings "tx" and "rx"
> +			(where "tx" and "rx" are from Linux's perspective, not

/Linux/the OS/

> +			the direction the interrupts are traveling).
> +
> +Example:
> +--------
> +
> +	msgbox_intc: interrupt-controller {
> +		compatible = "allwinner,sunxi-msgbox-intc";
> +		interrupt-controller;
> +		#interrupt-cells = <1>;
> +		mboxes = <&msgbox 6>, <&msgbox 7>;
> +		mbox-names = "tx", "rx";
> +	};
> -- 
> 2.19.2
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-12 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-02  4:29 [PATCH v3 00/15] Allwinner sunxi message box support Samuel Holland
     [not found] ` <20190302042951.53671-1-samuel-RkNLwX/CsU9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 01/15] clk: sunxi-ng: Mark msgbox clocks as critical Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 02/15] clk: sunxi-ng: Mark AR100 " Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 03/15] dt-bindings: mailbox: Add a sunxi message box binding Samuel Holland
2019-03-12 13:36     ` Rob Herring
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 04/15] mailbox: sunxi-msgbox: Add a new mailbox driver Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 05/15] ARM: dts: sunxi: a80: Add msgbox node Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 06/15] ARM: dts: sunxi: a83t: " Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 07/15] ARM: dts: sunxi: h3/h5: " Samuel Holland
2019-03-06  3:39     ` Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 08/15] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: " Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 09/15] arm64: dts: allwinner: h6: " Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 10/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] clk: sunxi-ng: sun8i: Avoid turning off unused PRCM gates Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 11/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] dt-bindings: Add a binding for a mailbox-backed interrupt controller Samuel Holland
2019-03-12 13:42     ` Rob Herring [this message]
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 12/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] irqchip/mbox: Introduce a mailbox-backed irqchip driver Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 13/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: Add interrupt controller node Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 14/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: Convert DTS to use msgbox_intc Samuel Holland
2019-03-02  4:29   ` [PATCH v3 15/15] [NOT FOR MERGE] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: Remove unused r_intc Samuel Holland

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