Re: [PATCH 3/8] ARM: l2x0: add Marvell Tauros3 compatible

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On 10/08/2013 03:41 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 01:24:28PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
This add a compatible for the Marvell Tauros3 cache controller which
is compatible with l2x0 cache controllers. While updating the binding
documentation, clean up the list of possible compatibles.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
---
[...]
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
index c0c7626..a1d0cbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2cc.txt
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ The ARM L2 cache representation in the device tree should be done as follows:
  Required properties:

  - compatible : should be one of:
-	"arm,pl310-cache"
-	"arm,l220-cache"
-	"arm,l210-cache"
-	"marvell,aurora-system-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
+  "arm,pl310-cache"
+  "arm,l220-cache"
+  "arm,l210-cache"
+  "bcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": DEPRECATED by "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache"
+  "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": For Broadcom bcm11351 chipset where an
+     offset needs to be added to the address before passing down to the L2
+     cache controller
+  "marvell,aurora-system-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
       compatible with the ARM one, with system cache mode (meaning
       maintenance operations on L1 are broadcasted to the L2 and L2
       performs the same operation).
-	"marvell,"aurora-outer-cache: Marvell Controller designed to be
-	 compatible with the ARM one with outer cache mode.
-	"brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": For Broadcom bcm11351 chipset where an
-	offset needs to be added to the address before passing down to the L2
-	cache controller
-	"bcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache": DEPRECATED by
-	                               "brcm,bcm11351-a2-pl310-cache"
+  "marvell,aurora-outer-cache": Marvell Controller designed to be
+     compatible with the ARM one with outer cache mode.
+  "marvell,tauros3-cache": Marvell Tauros3 cache controller.

How does the tauros3 cache differ from the other caches supported by the
l2x0 driver?

[added Gregory to Cc]

Good question. I cannot say at this time. I would have guessed that l2cc
on Armada 1500 and Armada 370/XP are more or less the same, as both use
Marvell's PJ4B CPU. Maybe, Gregory or Thomas can shed some light into
this.

  - cache-unified : Specifies the cache is a unified cache.
  - cache-level : Should be set to 2 for a level 2 cache.
  - reg : Physical base address and size of cache controller's memory mapped
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
index 447da6f..90c776e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id l2x0_ids[] __initconst = {
  	  .data = (void *)&aurora_no_outer_data},
  	{ .compatible = "marvell,aurora-outer-cache",
  	  .data = (void *)&aurora_with_outer_data},
+	{ .compatible = "marvell,tauros3-cache", .data = (void *)&l2x0_data },

Are we intending to handle this differently later?

Or is it 100% compatible with the pl210 or pl220? We could just require
an entry later in the compatible string list instead...

No public documentation, no clear answer.

Tauros3 isn't 100% compatible with any of the ARM l2cc above, it has
additional "features" or "bugs" - call it whatever you want.

I am not an l2cc expert, but basically I see two options:
a) use (possibly) wrong existing compatible in current mv88de3100.dtsi
   now and fix later.
b) add tauros3 compatible now and add (possible) quirks/marvell-specific
   properties later.

IMHO b) is very likely to happen as l2x0_of_init in patch 8/8 already sets bits, I wasn't able to verify in public ARM l2cc docu.

But again, I am very open for suggestions here.

Sebastian
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