Re: [RFC 14/14] dt-bindings: tegra: Add Tegra210 EMC binding

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Corrected the address of linux-clk in the CC line.

Peter.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 03:11:07PM +0300, Peter De Schrijver wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 02:04:24PM -0700, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:03:09PM +0300, Peter De Schrijver wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Needs a commit msg.
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  .../memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra210-emc.txt     | 448 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 448 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra210-emc.txt
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra210-emc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra210-emc.txt
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..1c52f47
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra210-emc.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,448 @@
> > > +NVIDIA Tegra210 SoC EMC (external memory controller)
> > > +====================================================
> > > +
> > > +Required properties :
> > > +- compatible : Should be "nvidia,tegra21-emc", "nvidia,tegra124-emc".
> > > +- reg : physical base address and length of the controller's registers.
> > > +- nvidia,memory-controller : phandle of the MC driver.
> > 
> > Huh? What is this block then?
> > 
> 
> This is the EMC. The EMC handles the interface with the external DRAM chips.
> The MC aggregates and schedules requests to the EMC. It also handles address
> translation. See figure 33 of the TRM.
> 
> > > +- clocks : phandles of the possible source clocks
> > > +- clock-names : names of the possible source clocks
> > > +
> > > +The node should contain a "emc-table" subnode for each supported RAM type
> > > +(see field RAM_CODE in register PMC_STRAPPING_OPT_A), with its unit address
> > > +being its RAM_CODE.
> > 
> > Unit address is based on reg property.
> > 
> > > +
> > > +Required properties for "emc-table" nodes :
> > > +- nvidia,ram-code : Should contain the value of RAM_CODE this timing set is
> > > +used for.
> > > +
> > > +Each "emc-table" node should contain a "emc-table" subnode for every supported
> > > +EMC clock rate. The "emc-table" subnodes should have the clock rate in kHz as
> > > +their unit address.
> > > +
> > > +Required properties for "emc-table" nodes :
> > 
> > Which emc-table nodes, the child or grand-child nodes?
> > 
> 
> The child "emc-table" node.
> 
> > > +- compatible  "nvidia,tegra21-emc-table", "nvidia,tegra210-emc-table"
> > 
> > > +- nvidia,revision : revision of the parameter set used for this node. All
> > > +                    nodes in the same "emc-table" should have the same revision
> > > +- clock-frequency : frequency in kHz
> > > +- nvidia,emc-min-mv : minimum voltage for this OPP
> > > +- nvidia,gk20a-min-mv : minimum GPU voltage for this OPP
> > > +- nvidia,source : clock source to be used for this OPP
> > 
> > Is this memory timings/settings or OPPs? We have a binding for OPPs 
> > already.
> > 
> 
> This is memory timings.
> 
> > > +- nvidia,src-sel-reg : value of EMC CAR register to be used for this OPP
> > > +- nvidia,needs-training : 1 if the OPP needs training at boot, 0 otherwise
> > > +- nvidia,trained : 1 if initial training has been done by firmware, 0 otherwise
> > > +- nvidia,periodic_training : 1 if the OPP needs periodic training, 0 otherwise
> > > +- nvidia,trained_dram_clktree_c0d0u0 : training data word
> > > +- nvidia,trained_dram_clktree_c0d0u1 : training data word
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > This is a huge list of properties. For all the things that are memory 
> > timings, is there really value to defining a property for each setting? 
> > Perhaps you should just define your own format and either make it a 
> > separate firmware file or include that file in the dtb.
> 
> If it's a binary structure, how would this be passed given the bootloader has
> to fill in the training information?
> 
> Peter.



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