[RFC PATCH 6/7] dt-bindings: arm: Add virtio transport for SCMI

Peter Hilber
2020-09-18T16:56:41Z

Document the properties for arm,scmi-virtio compatible nodes. The
backing virtio SCMI device is described in patch [1].

[1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202005/msg00096.html

Co-developed-by: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@opensynergy.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@opensynergy.com>
Signed-off-by: Igor Skalkin <igor.skalkin@opensynergy.com>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scmi.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scmi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scmi.txt
index 55deb68230eb..844ff3c40a49 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scmi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scmi.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ the device tree.
Required properties:

The scmi node with the following properties shall be under the /firmware/ node.
+Some properties are specific to a transport type.
+
+shmem-based transports (mailbox, smc/hvc):

- compatible : shall be "arm,scmi" or "arm,scmi-smc" for smc/hvc transports
- mboxes: List of phandle and mailbox channel specifiers. It should contain
@@ -21,6 +24,17 @@ The scmi node with the following properties shall be under the /firmware/ node.
supported.
- shmem : List of phandle pointing to the shared memory(SHM) area as per
generic mailbox client binding.
+
+Virtio transport:
+
+- compatible : shall be "arm,scmi-virtio".
+- virtio_transport : phandle of the virtio device. This device must support one
+ virtqueue for transmitting commands ("tx", cmdq), and,
+ optionally, one more virtqueue for receiving notifications
+ and delayed responses ("rx", eventq).
+
+Additional required properties:
+
- #address-cells : should be '1' if the device has sub-nodes, maps to
protocol identifier for a given sub-node.
- #size-cells : should be '0' as 'reg' property doesn't have any size
@@ -42,7 +56,8 @@ Each protocol supported shall have a sub-node with corresponding compatible
as described in the following sections. If the platform supports dedicated
communication channel for a particular protocol, the 3 properties namely:
mboxes, mbox-names and shmem shall be present in the sub-node corresponding
-to that protocol.
+to that protocol. The virtio transport does not support dedicated communication
+channels.

Clock/Performance bindings for the clocks/OPPs based on SCMI Message Protocol
------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -106,7 +121,8 @@ Required sub-node properties:
[4] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sram/sram.yaml
[5] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/reset.txt

-Example:
+Example (mailbox transport):
+----------------------------

sram@50000000 {
compatible = "mmio-sram";
@@ -195,3 +211,21 @@ thermal-zones {
...
};
};
+
+Example (virtio transport):
+---------------------------
+
+virtio_mmio_scmi: virtio_mmio@4b001000 {
+ compatible = "virtio,mmio";
+ ...
+};
+
+firmware {
+ ...
+ scmi {
+ compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio";
+ virtio_transport = <&virtio_mmio_scmi>;
+ ...
+
+The rest is similar to the mailbox transport example, when omitting the
+mailbox/shmem-specific properties.
--
2.25.1