[PATCH v2] ARM: DT: Add binding for GIC virtualization extentions (VGIC)

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Sat May 12 00:42:34 EST 2012


On 11/05/12 15:14, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 09/05/12 18:57, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> The GICv2 can have virtualization extension support, consisting
>> of an additional set of registers and interrupts. Add the necessary
>> binding to the GIC DT documentation.
> 
> This looks fine for Xen.

Thanks David. Can I add your Acked-by:?

	M.

> 
> David
> 
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>> index 9b4b82a..62eb8df 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>> @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ have PPIs or SGIs.
>>  Main node required properties:
>>  
>>  - compatible : should be one of:
>> +	"arm,cortex-a15-gic"
>>  	"arm,cortex-a9-gic"
>> +	"arm,cortex-a7-gic"
>>  	"arm,arm11mp-gic"
>>  - interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
>>  - #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
>> @@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ Main node required properties:
>>    the GIC cpu interface register base and size.
>>  
>>  Optional
>> -- interrupts	: Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller. Only
>> -  present on secondary GICs.
>> +- interrupts	: Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller on
>> +  secondary GICs, or VGIC maintainance interrupt on primary GIC (see
>> +  below).
>>  
>>  - cpu-offset	: per-cpu offset within the distributor and cpu interface
>>    regions, used when the GIC doesn't have banked registers. The offset is
>> @@ -57,3 +60,31 @@ Example:
>>  		      <0xfff10100 0x100>;
>>  	};
>>  
>> +
>> +* GIC virtualization extensions (VGIC)
>> +
>> +For ARM cores that support the virtualization extensions, additional
>> +properties must be described (they only exist if the GIC is the
>> +primary interrupt controller).
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +- reg : Additional regions specifying the base physical address and
>> +  size of the VGIC registers. The first additional region is the GIC
>> +  virtual interface control register base and size. The 2nd additional
>> +  region is the GIC virtual cpu interface register base and size.
>> +
>> +- interrupts : VGIC maintainance interrupt.
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +	interrupt-controller at 2c001000 {
>> +		compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";
>> +		#interrupt-cells = <3>;
>> +		interrupt-controller;
>> +		reg = <0x2c001000 0x1000>,
>> +		      <0x2c002000 0x1000>,
>> +		      <0x2c004000 0x2000>,
>> +		      <0x2c006000 0x2000>;
>> +		interrupts = <1 9 0xf04>;
>> +	};
> 
> 


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