On 22/04/16 12:22, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:12:57PM +0100, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>
>> On 22/04/16 11:00, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:03:56PM +0100, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>>> The Tegra AGIC interrupt controller is compatible with the ARM GIC-400
>>>> interrupt controller.
>>>
>>> The cover letter says it _is_ a GIC-400, just used in a slightly unusual
>>> manner (i.e. not directly connected to CPUs).
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>>>> The Tegra AGIC requires two clocks, namely the
>>>> "ape" (functional) and "apb2ape" (interface) clocks, to operate. Add
>>>> the compatible string and clock information for the AGIC to the GIC
>>>> device-tree binding documentation.
>>>
>>> The GIC-400 spec only describes "CLK" (which is what I imagine "ape" is.
>>> There isn't an APB clock described, and the manual seems to show GIC-400
>>> directly connected to AXI rather than APB, so that doesn't seem to even
>>> be the usual "apb_pclk".
>>>
>>> Is there some wrapper logic around a GIC-400 to giove it an APB
>>> interface? Or am I misudnerstanding the spec?
>>
>> Looking at the Tegra documentation what we have is ...
>>
>> APB --> AXI switch --> AGIC (GIC400)
>>
>> I am not sure how such a switch would typically be modeled in DT but we
>> need the apb clock to interface to the GIC registers. I am not sure if
>> something like simple-pm-bus is appropriate here.
>
> I think we need some representation of that AXI switch in the DT;
> whether simple-pm-bus is appropriate is another question. We probably
> need a specific compatible string / binding regardless.
OK, I will have a look at that.
>>> The clock-names don't seem right to me, as they sound like provide names
>>> or global clock line names rather than consumer-side names ("clk" and
>>> "apb_pclk").
>>
>> Yes that would be fine with me.
>
> Ok; if we model the apb_pclk as owned by the AXI switch (which it is),
> then there's no change for the GIC binding, short of the additional
> compatible string as an extension of "arm,gic-400", as we already model
> that clock in the GIC-400 binding.
Yes that makes sense.
Thanks
Jon
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