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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] riscv: provide native clint access for M-mode
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:16:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190819101648.GA29645@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190813162958.GA27821@lakrids.cambridge.arm.com>

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 05:29:58PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > +	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "riscv,clint0");
> 
> Since the MMIO layout is that of the SiFive clint, the compatible string
> should be specific to that. e.g. "sifive,clint". That way it will be
> possible to distinguish it from other implementations.
> 
> What exactly is the "0" suffix for? Is that a version number?
> 
> If that's a CPU index, then I don't think that's the right way to encode
> this unless the programming interface actually differs across CPUs. It
> would be better to use an explicit phandle to express the affinity.

It isn't a cpu index, I suspect a version number.  These show up
in a lot of the early RISC-V DTs coming from the UCB/SiFive sphere.
They've now spread everywhere unfortunately.

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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] riscv: provide native clint access for M-mode
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:16:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190819101648.GA29645@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190813162958.GA27821@lakrids.cambridge.arm.com>

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 05:29:58PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > +	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "riscv,clint0");
> 
> Since the MMIO layout is that of the SiFive clint, the compatible string
> should be specific to that. e.g. "sifive,clint". That way it will be
> possible to distinguish it from other implementations.
> 
> What exactly is the "0" suffix for? Is that a version number?
> 
> If that's a CPU index, then I don't think that's the right way to encode
> this unless the programming interface actually differs across CPUs. It
> would be better to use an explicit phandle to express the affinity.

It isn't a cpu index, I suspect a version number.  These show up
in a lot of the early RISC-V DTs coming from the UCB/SiFive sphere.
They've now spread everywhere unfortunately.

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-19 10:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-13 15:47 RISC-V nommu support v3 Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 01/15] irqchip/sifive-plic: set max threshold for ignored handlers Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 17:44   ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 17:44     ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-14  9:06     ` Marc Zyngier
2019-08-14  9:06       ` Marc Zyngier
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 02/15] riscv: use CSR_SATP instead of the legacy sptbr name in switch_mm Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 16:36   ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 16:36     ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 16:42     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 16:42       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 16:51       ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 16:51         ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 19:44   ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 19:44     ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 03/15] riscv: refactor the IPI code Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-14  4:41   ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-14  4:41     ` Paul Walmsley
2019-08-19 10:18     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-19 10:18       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-01  8:03     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-01  8:03       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 04/15] riscv: abstract out CSR names for supervisor vs machine mode Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 05/15] riscv: improve the default power off implementation Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 06/15] riscv: provide a flat entry loader Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 07/15] riscv: read the hart ID from mhartid on boot Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 08/15] riscv: provide native clint access for M-mode Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 16:29   ` Mark Rutland
2019-08-13 16:29     ` Mark Rutland
2019-08-19 10:16     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2019-08-19 10:16       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-27 23:37       ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-08-27 23:37         ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-08-28  6:11         ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-28  6:11           ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-03 18:48           ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-09-03 18:48             ` Palmer Dabbelt
2019-09-04  2:05             ` Alan Kao
2019-09-04  2:05               ` Alan Kao
2019-08-21  0:24   ` Atish Patra
2019-08-21  0:24     ` Atish Patra
2019-08-21  0:42     ` hch
2019-08-21  0:42       ` hch
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 09/15] riscv: implement remote sfence.i natively " Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-20 21:04   ` Atish Patra
2019-08-20 21:04     ` Atish Patra
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 10/15] riscv: poison SBI calls " Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-20 21:05   ` Atish Patra
2019-08-20 21:05     ` Atish Patra
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 11/15] riscv: don't allow selecting SBI-based drivers " Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 12/15] riscv: use the correct interrupt levels " Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 13/15] riscv: clear the instruction cache and all registers when booting Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-14  1:00   ` Alan Kao
2019-08-14  1:00     ` Alan Kao
2019-08-14  1:07     ` Alan Kao
2019-08-14  1:07       ` Alan Kao
2019-08-14  4:35     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-14  4:35       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 14/15] riscv: add nommu support Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47 ` [PATCH 15/15] riscv: disable the EFI PECOFF header for M-mode Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-13 15:47   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-20 21:07   ` Atish Patra
2019-08-20 21:07     ` Atish Patra
2019-08-21  4:14   ` Troy Benjegerdes
2019-08-21  4:14     ` Troy Benjegerdes
2019-08-21  7:12     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-21  7:12       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-21 17:31     ` Atish Patra
2019-08-21 17:31       ` Atish Patra
2019-08-21 17:54       ` Troy Benjegerdes
2019-08-21 17:54         ` Troy Benjegerdes
2019-08-21 23:02         ` Anup Patel
2019-08-21 23:02           ` Anup Patel
2019-08-21 23:32           ` Troy Benjegerdes
2019-08-21 23:32             ` Troy Benjegerdes

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