[PATCH] powerpc/dts: Added aliased MSIIR register address to MSI node in dts

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Mar 17 06:32:20 EST 2012


On Feb 1, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Diana Craciun wrote:

> From: Diana CRACIUN <Diana.Craciun at freescale.com>
> 
> The MSIIR register for each MSI bank is aliased to a different
> address. The MSI node reg property was updated to contain this
> address:
> 
> e.g. reg = <0x41600 0x200 0x44140 4>;
> 
> The first region contains the address and length of the MSI
> register set and the second region contains the address of
> the aliased MSIIR register at 0x44140.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Diana CRACIUN <Diana.Craciun at freescale.com>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt    |    6 ++++--
> arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/qoriq-mpic.dtsi          |    6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Why, we should only use one of the register regions.  The second region was added to allow for 4k separation and thus PAMU protection.  Not sure what listed both regions gets us.

- k


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