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From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>, Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>,
	Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] ARM: dts: NSP: Add DT files for Meraki MX64 series
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:30:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <21e895e9-0211-0c97-5e9e-781e6d2fe6dd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bbf38c31-ed75-69d2-39ed-94f324b1f220@gmail.com>

On 6/25/21 10:26 AM, Matthew Hagan wrote:
> On 25/06/2021 10:59, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 11:52 AM Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> MX64 & MX64W Hardware info:
>>>   - CPU: Broadcom BCM58625 Cortex A9 @ 1200Mhz
>>>   - RAM: 2 GB (4 x 4Gb SK Hynix H5TC4G83CFR)
>>>   - Storage: 1 GB (Micron MT29F8G08ABACA)
>>>   - Networking: BCM58625 internal switch (5x 1GbE ports)
>>>   - USB: 1x USB2.0
>>>   - Serial: Internal header
>>>   - WLAN(MX64W only): 2x Broadcom BCM43520KMLG on the PCI bus
>>>
>>> This patch adds the Meraki MX64 series-specific bindings. Since some
>>> devices make use of the older A0 SoC, changes need to be made to
>>> accommodate this case, including removal of coherency options and
>>> modification to the secondary-boot-reg.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>
>> Removing the dma-coherent flags in the dts file seemed really odd until
>> I read the text above. It would seem more logical to me to have a .dtsi file
>> that has all the a0 revision specific changes, and include that from the
>> dts file.
> 
> How about having separate bcm-nsp-ax and bcm-nsp-bx dtsi files with the
> appropriate secondary-boot-reg and dma-coherent (or lack of)
> properties, which then include bcm-nsp.dtsi. Thus we can also avoid use
> of /delete-property/. Would this be preferable?

Is there any way that the Ax platforms could use a small shim between
the boot loader and the kernel which could all of the necessary DT
adaptation so the kernel only contains a single Device Tree source?

Using something like this:

https://github.com/zonque/pxa-impedance-matcher/

could be useful.

> 
>>
>> On the other hand, the /chosen, /aliases and  /memory nodes that you have
>> in the .dtsi file should probably get moved into the .dts files, as these tend
>> to be board specific settings, even if the examples you have are all
>> the same.
> 
> I did not come across any convention regarding this, though there are
> plenty of cases where the /chosen, /aliases and /memory nodes are
> defined in a .dtsi file and used by multiple similar boards. Also note
> in this case /aliases is defined in bcm-nsp.dtsi, not by me. Would we
> not prefer to avoid having 6x duplication?
> 
>>        Arnd
>>
> Matthew
> 


-- 
Florian

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
	SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>, Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>,
	Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	DTML <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] ARM: dts: NSP: Add DT files for Meraki MX64 series
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:30:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <21e895e9-0211-0c97-5e9e-781e6d2fe6dd@gmail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20210625173033.lxNpeBR7toiSlVFoOp3mAb_Z8xuCy3oRoSvPWDAUddk@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bbf38c31-ed75-69d2-39ed-94f324b1f220@gmail.com>

On 6/25/21 10:26 AM, Matthew Hagan wrote:
> On 25/06/2021 10:59, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 11:52 AM Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> MX64 & MX64W Hardware info:
>>>   - CPU: Broadcom BCM58625 Cortex A9 @ 1200Mhz
>>>   - RAM: 2 GB (4 x 4Gb SK Hynix H5TC4G83CFR)
>>>   - Storage: 1 GB (Micron MT29F8G08ABACA)
>>>   - Networking: BCM58625 internal switch (5x 1GbE ports)
>>>   - USB: 1x USB2.0
>>>   - Serial: Internal header
>>>   - WLAN(MX64W only): 2x Broadcom BCM43520KMLG on the PCI bus
>>>
>>> This patch adds the Meraki MX64 series-specific bindings. Since some
>>> devices make use of the older A0 SoC, changes need to be made to
>>> accommodate this case, including removal of coherency options and
>>> modification to the secondary-boot-reg.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Hagan <mnhagan88@gmail.com>
>> Removing the dma-coherent flags in the dts file seemed really odd until
>> I read the text above. It would seem more logical to me to have a .dtsi file
>> that has all the a0 revision specific changes, and include that from the
>> dts file.
> 
> How about having separate bcm-nsp-ax and bcm-nsp-bx dtsi files with the
> appropriate secondary-boot-reg and dma-coherent (or lack of)
> properties, which then include bcm-nsp.dtsi. Thus we can also avoid use
> of /delete-property/. Would this be preferable?

Is there any way that the Ax platforms could use a small shim between
the boot loader and the kernel which could all of the necessary DT
adaptation so the kernel only contains a single Device Tree source?

Using something like this:

https://github.com/zonque/pxa-impedance-matcher/

could be useful.

> 
>>
>> On the other hand, the /chosen, /aliases and  /memory nodes that you have
>> in the .dtsi file should probably get moved into the .dts files, as these tend
>> to be board specific settings, even if the examples you have are all
>> the same.
> 
> I did not come across any convention regarding this, though there are
> plenty of cases where the /chosen, /aliases and /memory nodes are
> defined in a .dtsi file and used by multiple similar boards. Also note
> in this case /aliases is defined in bcm-nsp.dtsi, not by me. Would we
> not prefer to avoid having 6x duplication?
> 
>>        Arnd
>>
> Matthew
> 


-- 
Florian

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-25 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-25  9:49 [PATCH v4 0/4] ARM: dts: NSP: add Meraki MX64/MX65 series Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49 ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49 ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] ARM: dts: NSP: Add common bindings for MX64/MX65 Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] ARM: dts: NSP: Add DT files for Meraki MX64 series Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:59   ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25  9:59     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25  9:59     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25 17:26     ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25 17:26       ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25 17:30       ` Florian Fainelli [this message]
2021-06-25 17:30         ` Florian Fainelli
2021-06-25 18:40         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25 18:40           ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25 18:40           ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-06-25  9:49 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] ARM: dts: NSP: Add DT files for Meraki MX65 series Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] dt-bindings: arm: bcm: NSP: add Meraki MX64/MX65 Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-06-25  9:49   ` Matthew Hagan
2021-07-02 15:14   ` Rob Herring
2021-07-02 15:14     ` Rob Herring
2021-08-05  8:57 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] ARM: dts: NSP: add Meraki MX64/MX65 series Florian Fainelli
2021-08-05  8:57   ` Florian Fainelli

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