Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] dt-bindings: firmware: qcom: scm: Separate VMIDs from header to bindings

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On 9.01.2023 10:54, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 09/01/2023 10:39, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> With changes to the rmtfs binding, secure VMIDs will become useful to
>> have in device trees. Separate them out and add to include/dt-bindings.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2 -> v3:
>> New patch
>>
>>  include/dt-bindings/firmware/qcom/scm.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/qcom_scm.h                |  7 ++-----
>>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/firmware/qcom/scm.h
>>
>> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/firmware/qcom/scm.h b/include/dt-bindings/firmware/qcom/scm.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..d66818cd57a8
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/firmware/qcom/scm.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> 
> Only Codeaurora folks contributed these numbers, thus we can relicense
> it to dual-license, I believe.
> 
> The other topic is what do these numbers represent: hardware interface?
> registers? offsets? firmware?
Arguments for a SCM call, so firmware interface.

IOW, why bindings is the place for them?
> (usefulness for DTS is not the reason)
These defines correspond to mappings in a hardcoded, irreplaceable
and un-omittable firmware which is (unless you steal engineering
samples from the factory) always shipped with these SoCs and they
help clarify some otherwise totally magic numbers.

Konrad

> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 



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