On 07/26/2016 04:03 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 01:14:41PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
From: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
The BPMP implements some services which must be represented by separate
nodes. For example, it can provide access to certain I2C controllers, and
the I2C bindings represent each I2C controller as a device tree node.
Update the binding to describe how the BPMP supports this.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bindings/firmware/nvidia,tegra186-bpmp.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/nvidia,tegra186-bpmp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/nvidia,tegra186-bpmp.txt
index 9a3864f56955..142d363406f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/nvidia,tegra186-bpmp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/nvidia,tegra186-bpmp.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ implemented by this node:
- .../reset/reset.txt
- <dt-bindings/reset/tegra186-reset.h>
+The BPMP implements some services which must be represented by separate nodes.
+For example, it can provide access to certain I2C controllers, and the I2C
+bindings represent each I2C controller as a device tree node. Such nodes should
+be nested directly inside the main BPMP node.
+
+Software can determine whether a child node of the BPMP node represents a device
+by checking for a compatible property. Any node with a compatible property
+represents a device that can be instantiated. Nodes without a compatible
+property may be used to provide configuration information regarding the BPMP
+itself, although no such configuration nodes are currently defined by this
+binding.
+
+The BPMP firmware defines no single global name-/numbering-space for such
+services. Put another way, the numbering scheme for I2C buses is distinct from
+the numbering scheme for any other service the BPMP may provide (e.g. a future
+hypothetical SPI bus service). As such, child device nodes will have no reg
+property, and the BPMP node will have no #address-cells or #size-cells property.
My understanding is that the I2C bus number is passed as part of the
request to the BPMP firmware. Does that not count as addressing? Could
we not represent that generically using a device tree hierarchy? I'm
thinking something along these lines:
bpmp {
...
services {
i2c {
i2c@0 {
reg = <0>;
Technically, that is possible. However, Rob Herring rejected the idea of
multiple levels of sub-nodes.
Can we please just go with what we have? DT bindings are frankly an
obstacle to getting anything done:-(
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