Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] dt-bindings: interconnect: Add EPSS L3 compatible for SA8775P

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On 11/4/2024 4:08 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 at 09:35, Konrad Dybcio
> <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 4.11.2024 7:40 AM, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/1/2024 12:26 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 12:23:57PM +0530, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/26/2024 8:15 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 12:30:56PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>>>>>> Add Epoch Subsystem (EPSS) L3 interconnect provider binding on
>>>>>>> SA8775P SoCs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml         | 4 ++++
>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
>>>>>>> index 21dae0b92819..042ca44c32ec 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
>>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interconnect/qcom,osm-l3.yaml
>>>>>>> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ properties:
>>>>>>>                - qcom,sm8250-epss-l3
>>>>>>>                - qcom,sm8350-epss-l3
>>>>>>>            - const: qcom,epss-l3
>>>>>>> +      - items:
>>>>>>> +          - enum:
>>>>>>> +              - qcom,sa8775p-epss-l3
>>>>>>> +          - const: qcom,epss-l3-perf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why is it -perf? What's so different about it?
>>>>>
>>>>> The EPSS instance in SA8775P uses PERF_STATE register instead of REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks.
>>>>> So adding new generic compatible "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for PERF_STATE register based l3 scaling.
>>>>
>>>> Neither sm8250 nor sc7280 use this compatible, while they also use
>>>> PERF_STATE register.
>>>>
>>> That is correct, both sm8250 and sc7280 use perf state register.
>>> The intention for adding "qcom,epss-l3-perf" generic compatible is to use it for the chipsets which use perf state register for l3 scaling.
>>> Using generic compatible avoids the need for adding chipset specific compatible in match table.
>>
>> That is exactly what bindings guidelines forbid.
>>
>> You need a SoC-specific compatible so that you can address platform-
>> specific quirks that may arise in the future while keeping backwards
>> compatibility with older device trees
> 
> The proposed bindings have SoC-specific compat. If that's not against
> the current rules, I'd prefer to have qcom,epss-l3-perf to be added to
> sc7280 and sm8250 too.
> 
> 
Existing compatibles for sc7280 and sm8250 do not break the backward compatibility.
I will take up the update of generic compatibles for these two SoCs as separate patch series.







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