Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: spi: Add Baikal-T1 System Boot SPI Controller binding

[Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 9:12 AM Serge Semin
<Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 08:57:10AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:27 PM Serge Semin
> > <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 09:26:59AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 12:36:20PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > > > Baikal-T1 Boot SPI is a part of the SoC System Controller and is
> > > > > responsible for the system bootup from an external SPI flash. It's a DW
> > > > > APB SSI-based SPI-controller with no interrupts, no DMA, with just one
> > > > > native chip-select available and a single reference clock. Since Baikal-T1
> > > > > SoC is normally booted up from an external SPI flash this SPI controller
> > > > > in most of the cases is supposed to be connected to a single SPI-nor
> > > > > flash. Additionally in order to provide a transparent from CPU point of
> > > > > view initial code execution procedure the system designers created an IP
> > > > > block which physically maps the SPI flash found at CS0 to a memory region.
> > > > >
> > > > > Co-developed-by: Ramil Zaripov <Ramil.Zaripov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ramil Zaripov <Ramil.Zaripov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Paul Burton <paulburton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Cc: linux-spi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  .../bindings/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml      | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 100 insertions(+)
> > > > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 000000000000..d9d3257d78f4
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
> > > > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > > > > +# Copyright (C) 2020 BAIKAL ELECTRONICS, JSC
> > > > > +%YAML 1.2
> > > > > +---
> > > > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/spi/baikal,bt1-sys-ssi.yaml#
> > > > > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > > > > +
> > > > > +title: Baikal-T1 System Boot SSI Controller
> > > > > +
> > > > > +description: |
> > > > > +  Baikal-T1 System Controller includes a Boot SPI Controller, which is
> > > > > +  responsible for loading chip bootup code from an external SPI flash. In order
> > > > > +  to do this transparently from CPU point of view there is a dedicated IP block
> > > > > +  mapping the 16MB flash to a dedicated MMIO range. The controller is based on
> > > > > +  the DW APB SSI IP-core but equipped with very limited resources: no IRQ,
> > > > > +  no DMA, a single native CS being necessarily connected to a 16MB SPI flash
> > > > > +  (otherwise the system won't bootup from the flash), internal Tx/Rx FIFO of
> > > > > +  just 8 bytes depth. Access to DW APB SSI controller registers is mutually
> > > > > +  exclusive from normal MMIO interface and from physically mapped SPI Flash
> > > > > +  memory. So either one or another way of using the controller functionality
> > > > > +  can be enabled at a time.
> > > > > +
> > > > > +maintainers:
> > > > > +  - Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > +
> > > > > +allOf:
> > > > > +  - $ref: spi-controller.yaml#
> > > > > +
> > > > > +properties:
> > > > > +  compatible:
> > > > > +    const: baikal,bt1-sys-ssi
> > > > > +
> > > > > +  reg:
> > > > > +    items:
> > > > > +      - description: Baikal-T1 Boot Controller configuration registers
> > > > > +      - description: Physically mapped SPI flash ROM found at CS0
> > > > > +
> > > > > +  reg-names:
> > > > > +    items:
> > > > > +      - const: config
> > > > > +      - const: map
> > > > > +
> > > > > +  clocks:
> > > > > +    description: SPI Controller reference clock source
> > > >
> > > > Can drop this.
> > >
> > > Ok.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > +    maxItems: 1
> > > > > +
> > > > > +  clock-names:
> > > > > +    items:
> > > > > +      - const: ssi_clk
> > > > > +
> > > > > +  num-cs:
> > > > > +    const: 1
> > > > > +
> > > > > +patternProperties:
> > > > > +  "^.*@[0-9a-f]+":
> > > > > +    type: object
> > > > > +    properties:
> > > > > +      reg:
> > > > > +        minimum: 0
> > > > > +        maximum: 0
> > > > > +
> > > > > +      spi-rx-bus-width:
> > > > > +        const: 1
> > > > > +
> > > > > +      spi-tx-bus-width:
> > > > > +        const: 1
> > > >
> > > > What's the point of these 2 properties if they aren't required?
> > >
> > > Yes, they are optional, but this is a constraint on the bus-width parameters.
> > > DW APB SSI provides a single laned Tx and Rx.
> >
> > Are you just trying to keep someone from saying 'spi-tx-bus-width: 2'
> > for example?
>
> Right.
>
> >
> > You could also say 'spi-tx-bus-width: false' here to disallow the
> > property. I guess the above is fine.
>
> Ok. If it's fine I'll leave them as is then. Right?

Yes.

> > > > +unevaluatedProperties: false
> > > > +
> > > > +required:
> > > > +  - compatible
> > > > +  - reg
> > > > +  - reg-names
> > >
> > > > +  - "#address-cells"
> > > > +  - "#size-cells"
> > >
> > > These 2 are required by spi-controller.yaml, so you can drop here.
> >
> > Yes, "#address-cells" is required, but "#size-cells" isn't. Is this supposed to
> > be like that?
>
> As far as I can see in spi-controller.yaml, "#address-cells" is required, but
> "#size-cells" isn't. Is this intentional?

Humm, I guess we didn't have either one because you can have no child
node defined, but then added #address-cells for the spi-slave case.

In any case, it's all pretty well covered already because the core
schema checks that both are present and dtc has some checking too.

Rob