[PATCH 04/14] bus: mvebu-mbus: Add static window allocation to the DT binding

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Jun 12 21:58:04 EST 2013


On Wednesday 12 June 2013 12:54:59 Grant Likely wrote:
> 
> > * These are SoC-wide registers including the UART and other things, not
> >   just the mbus setup
> > * There are at least two different values used for the internal-regs
> >   mapping address depending on the SoC and boot loader version
> > * We have to get the address from the DT since it is impossible to
> >   probe or change without knowing the current setting: The internal-regs
> >   also contains the registers in mbus used to relocate the internal-regs.
> 
> I wasn't actually suggesting to not get the address from DT, but your
> point is taken; there is a lot more to internal regs than I had
> assumed.

Right, the first point I think is the important one, the rest was
just information added in. At the moment, we actually hardcode the
address in the kernel, but that is changing.

	Arnd


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