From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81DF41A00B5 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2014 19:14:52 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from na01-by2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-by2on0106.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.100.106]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D38F614013F for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2014 19:14:50 +1100 (AEDT) Message-ID: <545C7F77.90200@Freescale.com> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 02:14:47 -0600 From: Emil Medve MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Wood Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] dt/bindings: Introduce the FSL QorIQ DPAA BMan References: <1415200734-6978-1-git-send-email-Emilian.Medve@Freescale.com> <1415200734-6978-2-git-send-email-Emilian.Medve@Freescale.com> <1415310579.23458.402.camel@snotra.buserror.net> <545C754C.9080700@Freescale.com> <1415345665.23458.428.camel@snotra.buserror.net> In-Reply-To: <1415345665.23458.428.camel@snotra.buserror.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, Geoff.Thorpe@Freescale.com, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, galak@codeaurora.org, grant.likely@linaro.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello Scott, On 11/07/2014 01:34 AM, Scott Wood wrote: > On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 01:31 -0600, Emil Medve wrote: >> Hello Scott, >> >> >> On 11/06/2014 03:49 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >>> On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 09:18 -0600, Emil Medve wrote: >>>> +Devices connected to a BMan instance via Direct Connect Portals (DCP) must link >>>> +to the respective BMan instance >>>> + >>>> +- fsl,bman >>>> + Usage: Required >>>> + Value type: >>>> + Description: List of phandle and DCP index pairs, to the BMan instance >>>> + to which this device is connected via the DCP >>> >>> Does software need the DCP index (though for QMan there do seem to be a >>> few registers associated with each DCP)? Where can I find that info in >>> the manual? >> >> The DCP index helps describe the topology of the devices connected to >> the B/QMan. One might be tempted to use some address to reference said >> DCP, unfortunately the pertinent registers/bits for said DCP(s) are not >> into a compact region. Look at the CCSR memory map for B/QMan >> >> In the QMan case things are marginally better. For each hardware portal >> there are a handful of (vaguely named *DCx*, *DCPx* or *DCP*) registers >> (configuration, performance monitoring and debugging). However, still >> registers and bits spread here and there >> >> In the BMan case things are a bit worse as the registers names are less >> friendly and still spread around >> >> Do you need specific names/offsets? > > My question about the manual wasn't rhetorical -- I tried to find this > information and couldn't. I get that. As I said, the registers/bits are spread around in the CCSR space of each block and not named excessively friendly. As such I hinted for some search patterns to make it easier to find them. In order to progress the review I'm willing to prepare a list. Just let me know Cheers,