On 20/02/18 19:21, Jolly Shah wrote:
> Add documentation to describe Xilinx ZynqMP firmware driver
> bindings. Firmware driver provides an interface to firmware
> APIs. Interface APIs can be used by any driver to communicate
> to PMUFW (Platform Management Unit).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jolly Shah <jol...@xilinx.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rajan Vaja <raj...@xilinx.com>
> ---
> .../firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt | 24
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt
>
> diff --git
> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..99434ba
> --- /dev/null
> +++
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/xilinx/xlnx,zynqmp-firmware.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> +Xilinx Zynq MPSoC Firmware Device Tree Bindings
> +
> +The zynqmp-firmware node describes the interface to platform firmware.
> +ZynqMP has an interface to communicate with secure firmware. Firmware
> +driver provides an interface to firmware APIs. Interface APIs can be
> +used by any driver to communicate to PMUFW(Platform Management Unit).
> +These requests include clock management, pin control, device control,
> +power management service, FPGA service and other platform management
> +services.
> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible: Must contain: "xlnx,zynqmp-firmware"
> + - method: The method of calling the PM-API firmware layer.
> + Permitted values are:
> + - "smc" : SMC #0, following the SMCCC
> + - "hvc" : HVC #0, following the SMCCC
> +
> +Examples:
> + firmware {
> + zynqmp_firmware: zynqmp-firmware {
> + compatible = "xlnx,zynqmp-firmware";
> + method = "smc";
> + };
> + };
>
Do you foresee using SMC/HVC for this firmware even on future platforms?
If not, I suggest to keep the protocol part separate from the transport
i.e. smc/hvc via ATF. It could be replaced with mailbox or some h/w
mechanism in future ?
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Regards,
Sudeep
