This patch adds a note on defining subdomains to generic PM domain
binding documentation to let power domain providers use common approach
for defining power domain hierarchy.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
index 98c16672ab5f..0f8ed3710c66 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ Required properties:
providing multiple PM domains (e.g. power controllers), but can be any value
as specified by device tree binding documentation of particular provider.
+Optional properties:
+ - power-domains : A phandle and PM domain specifier as defined by bindings of
+ the power controller specified by phandle.
+ Some power domains might be powered from another power domain (or have
+ other hardware specific dependencies). For representing such dependency
+ a standard PM domain consumer binding is used. When provided, all domains
+ created by the given provider should be subdomains of the domain
+ specified by this binding. More details about power domain specifier are
+ available in the next section.
+
Example:
power: power-controller at 12340000 {
@@ -30,6 +40,25 @@ Example:
The node above defines a power controller that is a PM domain provider and
expects one cell as its phandle argument.
+Example 2:
+
+ parent: power-controller at 12340000 {
+ compatible = "foo,power-controller";
+ reg = <0x12340000 0x1000>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ };
+
+ child: power-controller at 12340000 {
+ compatible = "foo,power-controller";
+ reg = <0x12341000 0x1000>;
+ power-domains = <&parent 0>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ };
+
+The nodes above define two power controllers: 'parent' and 'child'.
+Domains created by the 'child' power controller are subdomains of '0' power
+domain provided by the 'parent' power controller.
+
==PM domain consumers==
Required properties:
--
1.9.2
