On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:29:51PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:42:05PM +0000, Sebastian Ene wrote: > > The stall detection mechanism allows to configure the expiration > > duration and the internal counter clock frequency measured in Hz. > > Add these properties in the schema. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > .../devicetree/bindings/misc/vm-wdt.yaml | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vm-wdt.yaml > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vm-wdt.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vm-wdt.yaml > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..cb7665a0c5af > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vm-wdt.yaml > > @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) > > +%YAML 1.2 > > +--- > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/misc/vm-wdt.yaml# > > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# > > + > > +title: VM watchdog > > + > > +description: | > > + This binding describes a CPU stall detector mechanism for virtual cpus. > > + > > +maintainers: > > + - Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx> > > + > > +properties: > > + compatible: > > + enum: > > + - qemu,vm-watchdog > > + clock: Hi, > > 'clocks' is already a defined property and 'clock' is too close. It's > also ambiguous what it is. 'clock-frequency' instead perhaps. > Yes, I think 'clock-frequency' is a better name. I will update it. > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32 > > + description: | > > + The watchdog internal clock measure in Hz used to decrement the > > + watchdog counter register on each tick. > > + Defaults to 10 if unset. > > + timeout-sec: > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32 > > + description: | > > + The watchdog expiration timeout measured in seconds. > > + Defaults to 8 if unset. > > + > > +required: > > + - compatible > > + > > +additionalProperties: false > > + > > +examples: > > + - | > > + watchdog { > > + compatible = "qemu,vm-watchdog"; > > + clock = <10>; > > + timeout-sec = <8>; > > How does one access this 'hardware'? > This is a MMIO device. > Why does this need to be in DT? > > We have DT because h/w designers are incapable of making h/w > discoverable. Why repeat that problem with s/w interfaces? > We need to have this one in the DT because in a secure VM we only load trusted DT components. > Rob Thanks, Sebastian
