Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: arm,nvic: Binding for ARM NVIC interrupt controller on Cortex-M

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 01:09:05PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note: This is a new binding and not used by the linux kernel code right now for
> the nvic.  The intent would be to support both the current 'arm,armv7m-nvic'
> compatible and this binding in the code in the future.  The 'arm,armv7m-nvic'
> doesnt have any binding spec covering it today.
> 
>  .../bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,nvic.txt     | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,nvic.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,nvic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,nvic.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..60ee89c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,nvic.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +* ARM Nested Vector Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
> +
> +The NVIC provides an interrupt controller that is tightly coupled to
> +Cortex-M based processor cores.  The NVIC implemented on different SoCs
> +vary in the number of interrupts and priority bits per interrupt.
> +
> +Main node required properties:
> +
> +- compatible : should be one of:
> +	"arm,v6m-nvic"
> +	"arm,v7m-nvic"
> +	"arm,v8m-nvic"
> +	"arm,nvic"

I'd drop this last one.

> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
> +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
> +  interrupt source.  The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 2.
> +
> +  The 1st cell contains the interrupt number for the interrupt type.
> +
> +  The 2nd cell is the priority of the interrupt.

No level/edge flags needed?

> +
> +- reg : Specifies base physical address(s) and size of the NVIC registers.
> +  This is at a fixed address (0xe000e100) and size (0xc00).
> +
> +- arm,num-irq-priority-bits: The number of priority bits implemented by the
> +  given SoC
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +	intc: interrupt-controller@e000e100 {
> +		compatible = "arm,nvic";
> +		#interrupt-cells = <2>;
> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> +		interrupt-controller;
> +		reg = <0xe000e100 0xc00>;
> +		arm,num-irq-priority-bits = <4>;
> +	};
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 
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