[EXTERNAL] [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: aspeed: rainier: Add N_MODE_VREF gpio

[Adriana Kobylak]

> On Sep 15, 2021, at 12:15 AM, Milton Miller II <miltonm at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> On September 14, 2021, Joel Stanley wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 20:46, Adriana Kobylak <anoo at linux.ibm.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> On Sep 14, 2021, at 3:49 AM, Joel Stanley <joel at jms.id.au> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 10 Sept 2021 at 19:54, Adriana Kobylak
>>>> <anoo at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Adriana Kobylak <anoo at us.ibm.com>
>>>>> 
>>>>> The N_MODE_VREF gpio is designed to be used to specify how many
>>>>> power
>>>>> supplies the system should have (2 or 4).  If enough power
>>>>> supplies fail
>>>>> so that the system no longer has redundancy (no longer n+1), the
>>>>> hardware will signal to the Onboard Chip Controller that the
>>>>> system may
>>>>> be oversubscribed, and performance may need to be reduced so the
>>>>> system
>>>>> can maintain it's powered on state. This gpio is on a 9552,
>>>>> populate all
>>>>> the gpios on that chip for completeness.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Adriana Kobylak <anoo at us.ibm.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> v2: Update commit message.
>>>>> 
>>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-ibm-rainier.dts | 103
>> +++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
>>>>> 
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-ibm-rainier.dts
>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-ibm-rainier.dts
>>>>> index 6fd3ddf97a21..d5eea86dc260 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-ibm-rainier.dts
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-ibm-rainier.dts
>>>>> @@ -1502,6 +1502,109 @@ eeprom at 51 {
>>>>>               reg = <0x51>;
>>>>>       };
>>>>> 
>>>>> +       pca_pres3: pca9552 at 60 {
>>>>> +               compatible = "nxp,pca9552";
>>>>> +               reg = <0x60>;
>>>>> +               #address-cells = <1>;
>>>>> +               #size-cells = <0>;
>>>>> +               gpio-controller;
>>>>> +               #gpio-cells = <2>;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +               gpio-line-names =
>>>>> +                       "",
>>>>> +                       "APSS_RESET_N",
>>>>> +                       "", "", "", "",
>>>>> +                       "P10_DCM0_PRES",
>>>>> +                       "P10_DCM1_PRES",
>>>>> +                       "", "",
>>>>> +                       "N_MODE_CPU_N",
>>>>> +                       "",
>>>>> +                       "PRESENT_VRM_DCM0_N",
>>>>> +                       "PRESENT_VRM_DCM1_N",
>>>>> +                       "N_MODE_VREF",
>>>> 
>>>> Should any (all?) of these names be documented?
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Not sure. Seems the openbmc doc is documenting the gpios for
>>> gpiochip0 only?
> 
>> AIUI the document is for GPIOs that are exposed to userspace.
>> 
>> It doesn't matter where they're coming from. If they are going to be
>> used by a libgpio application, they need to have names, and the names
>> should be documented where possible.
>> 
> 
> I agree which gpiochip is just a board wiring consideration and has 
> no bearing on the documentation.
> 
> However, in the introductory sections in the document clearly says 
> the purpose is to establish naming for common (function) GPIOs, and
> the justification is by using consistent names across machines code 
> will be able to be reused with little to no configuration.  In 
> addition it mentions "common" GPIOs must be added to the document in 
> the future.  So an evaluation should be made to the likelihood that 
> such code reuse can be anticipated.
> 
> Most of the names added in this patch are presence detect signals used
> to cross check VPD is read into inventory.   I'd expect any such uses to
> be configured in an inventory config file listing the name and where the
> FRU appears in the Dbus or Redfish model.  I'd argue the names for any 
> such gpio would be beyond the present document scope.
> 
> The one mentioned in the changelog, N_MODE_VREF, is intended to 
> be relayed to the OCC, basically a power management controller in
> common in POWER processor chips.  I can see an argument to list this,
> but feel it would be in the OpenPOWER specific section unless the 
> activation method is exposed in some method that would be common 
> to other chipsets.

Thanks. I submitted a proposal to define N_MODE_VREF: https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/docs/+/46914 <https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/docs/+/46914>
Once the name is approved I’ll add just that one to the device tree, since the others are not going to be used.

> 
>> ...documented in the openbmc design
>> doc, such as SLOT6_PRSNT_EN_RSVD, SLOT11_EXPANDER_PRSNT_N, etc.
>> 
>> They should be fixed, if possible.
> 
> The scope is clearly use reusable names going forward.  The technical
> debt from past naming can be brought down as new uses are added but
> we are not renaming every GPIO in every existing platform, and we don't
> have the review bandwidth to agree on common names should be added for
> all existing signals.
> 
> milton

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