Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:31:22 +0100 | From | Will Deacon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: Add documentation for APM X-Gene SoC PMU DTS binding |
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 01:04:53PM -0700, Tai Tri Nguyen wrote: > >> +Required properties for MCB subnode: > >> +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-mcb". > >> +- reg : First resource shall be the MCB PMU resource. > >> +- index : Instance number of the MCB PMU. > >> + > >> +Required properties for MC subnode: > >> +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-mc". > >> +- reg : First resource shall be the MC PMU resource. > >> +- index : Instance number of the MC PMU. > > > > Don't use indexes. You probably need phandles to the nodes these are > > related to. > > > > How many variations of child nodes do you expect to have? 2, 10, 50? You > > might want to just collapse all this down to a single node and put this > > information in the driver if it is fixed for each SoC and there's only a > > handful. > > > > For each kind of PMU, for example memory controller PMU, I expect to > have the number of instances up to 8. > They are actually all independent PMU nodes and have their own CSR memory bases. > The indexes are used for exposing the devices to perf user only. It > doesn't have an impact on the programming model. > Mark also had the same concern.
Regardless, I'll need an ack from Rob or Mark before I can merge this.
Will
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