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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: misc: tmr-manager: Add device-tree binding for TMR Manager
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On 6/29/22 12:07, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/06/2022 07:43, Appana Durga Kedareswara rao wrote:
>> This commit adds documentation for Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager
>> IP. The Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager is responsible for handling
>> the TMR subsystem state, including fault detection and error recovery
>> provides soft error detection, correction and recovery features.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Appana Durga Kedareswara rao <appana.durga.rao@xilinx.com>
>> ---
>> .../bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
>
> This is not a misc device. Find appropriate subsystem for it. It's not
> EDAC, right?

We were thinking where to put it but it is not EDAC driver.
If you have better suggestion for subsystem please let us know.

>
>> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..f6cb4d235981
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/misc/xlnx,tmr-manager.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Xilinx TMR Microblaze Device Tree Bindings
>
> s/Device Tree Bindings//
>
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> + - Appana Durga Kedareswara rao <appana.durga.rao@xilinx.com>
>> +
>> +description: |
>> + The Triple Modular Redundancy(TMR) Manager is responsible for handling the
>> + TMR subsystem state, including fault detection and error recovery. The core
>> + is triplicated in each of the sub-blocks in the TMR subsystem, and provides
>> + majority voting of its internal state.
>> +
>> +properties:
>> + compatible:
>> + enum:
>> + - xlnx,tmr-manager-1.0
>> +
>> + reg:
>> + maxItems: 1
>> +
>> + xlnx,magic1:
>> + minimum: 0
>> + maximum: 255
>> + description:
>> + Magic number 1, When writing to the control register the first write data
>> + byte (bits 7:0) must match this value in order to have any effect on the
>> + nominal recovery function.
>
> Register values are usually not in the scope of bindings. We describe
> here hardware, not programming model, although in case of soft cores
> maybe it's a bit different.

you need to setup this value for every instance in design tools and it is
directly present in HW. It means this value is really describing HW.

Thanks,
Michal

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