The existing "linux,pci-probe-only" property applies at a system level
and it is not possible to selectively convey individual host bridge's
requirement w.r.t preserving the boot configuration done by the platform
firmware to the kernel. "preserve-boot-config" addresses that concern
and can be used to preserve the boot configuration for host bridges
selectivey.
Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar <vidyas@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
V2:
* None
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
index 6a8f2874a24d..0a5ff998cbe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/pci.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ driver implementation may support the following properties:
root port to downstream device and host bridge drivers can do programming
which depends on CLKREQ signal existence. For example, programming root port
not to advertise ASPM L1 Sub-States support if there is no CLKREQ signal.
+- preserve-boot-config:
+ If present this property specifies that this host bridge is already
+ configured by the platform firmware and the OS doesn't need to reconfigure
+ it again.
PCI-PCI Bridge properties
-------------------------
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2.25.1
