[PATCH 1/2] powerpc: document the FSL MPIC message register binding

Meador Inge meador_inge at mentor.com
Wed Apr 20 02:59:34 EST 2011


This binding documents how the message register blocks found in some FSL
MPIC implementations shall be represented in a device tree.

Signed-off-by: Meador Inge <meador_inge at mentor.com>
Cc: Hollis Blanchard <hollis_blanchard at mentor.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
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+* FSL MPIC Message Registers
+
+This binding specifies what properties must be available in the device tree
+representation of the message register blocks found in some FSL MPIC
+implementations.
+
+Required properties:
+
+    - compatible: Specifies the compatibility list for the message register
+      block.  The type shall be <string> and the value shall be of the form
+      "fsl,mpic-v<version>-msgr", where <version> is the version number of
+      the MPIC containing the message registers.
+
+    - reg: Specifies the base physical address(s) and size(s) of the
+      message register block's addressable register space.  The type shall be
+      <prop-encoded-array>.
+
+    - interrupts: Specifies a list of interrupt source and level-sense pairs.
+      The type shall be <prop-encoded-array>.  The length shall be equal to
+      the number of bits set in the 'msg-receive-mask' property value.
+
+    - interrupt-parent: Specifies the interrupt parent of the message register
+      block.  The type shall be a <phandle> and the value of that <phandle>
+      shall point to the interrupt parent.
+
+Optional properties:
+
+    - msg-receive-mask: Specifies what registers in the containing block are
+      allowed to receive interrupts.  The value is a bit mask where a set bit
+      at bit 'n' indicates that message register 'n' can receive interrupts.
+      The type shall be <prop-encoded-array>.  The default value shall be
+      all a string of consecutive ones where the length of the run is equal
+      to the number of registers in the block.  For example, a block with
+      four registers shall default to 0xF.
+
+Required alias:
+
+    In order for a message register block to be discovered it *must* define
+    an alias in the 'aliases' node.  Aliases are of the form 'msgr-block<n>',
+    where <n> is an integer specifying the block's number.  Numbers shall start
+    at 0.
+
+Example:
+
+	/* The aliases needed to define an order on the message register blocks.
+	 */
+	aliases {
+		msgr-block0 = &msgr_block0;
+		msgr-block1 = &msgr_block1;
+	};
+
+	msgr_block0: msgr-block at 41400 {
+		compatible = "fsl,mpic-v3.1-msgr";
+		reg = <0x41400 0x200>;
+		// Message registers 0 and 3 in this block can receive interrupts on
+		// sources 0xb0 and 0xb2, respectively.
+		interrupts = <0xb0 2 0xb2 2>;
+		msg-receive-mask = <0x5>;
+		interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
+	};
+
+	msgr_block1: msgr-block at 42400 {
+		compatible = "fsl,mpic-v3.1-msgr";
+		reg = <0x42400 0x200>;
+		// Message registers 0 and 3 in this block can receive interrupts on
+		// sources 0xb4 and 0xb6, respectively.
+		interrupts = <0xb4 2 0xb6 2>;
+		msg-receive-mask = <0x5>;
+		interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
+	};
+
-- 
1.6.3.3



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