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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/8] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: RISC-V PLIC documentation
On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 2:23 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>
> From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>

Version numbers on the individual patches would be nice...

> This patch adds documentation for the platform-level interrupt
> controller (PLIC) found in all RISC-V systems. This interrupt
> controller routes interrupts from all the devices in the system to each
> hart-local interrupt controller.
>
> Note: the DTS bindings for the PLIC aren't set in stone yet, as we might
> want to change how we're specifying holes in the hart list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> [hch: various fixes and updates]
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
> .../interrupt-controller/sifive,plic0.txt | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic0.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic0.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic0.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..bbfa61cf8d3f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic0.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +SiFive Platform-Level Interrupt Controller (PLIC)
> +-------------------------------------------------
> +
> +SiFive SOCs include an implementation of the Platform-Level Interrupt Controller
> +(PLIC) high-level specification in the RISC-V Privileged Architecture
> +specification. The PLIC connects all external interrupts in the system to all
> +hart contexts in the system, via the external interrupt source in each hart.
> +
> +A hart context is a privilege mode in a hardware execution thread. For example,
> +in an 4 core system with 2-way SMT, you have 8 harts and probably at least two
> +privilege modes per hart; machine mode and supervisor mode.
> +
> +Each interrupt can be enabled on per-context basis. Any context can claim
> +a pending enabled interrupt and then release it once it has been handled.
> +
> +Each interrupt has a configurable priority. Higher priority interrupts are
> +serviced first. Each context can specify a priority threshold. Interrupts
> +with priority below this threshold will not cause the PLIC to raise its
> +interrupt line leading to the context.
> +
> +While the PLIC supports both edge-triggered and level-triggered interrupts,
> +interrupt handlers are oblivious to this distinction and therefore it is not
> +specified in the PLIC device-tree binding.
> +
> +While the RISC-V ISA doesn't specify a memory layout for the PLIC, the
> +"sifive,plic0" device is a concrete implementation of the PLIC that contains a
> +specific memory layout, which is documented in chapter 8 of the SiFive U5
> +Coreplex Series Manual <https://static.dev.sifive.com/U54-MC-RVCoreIP.pdf>.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : "sifive,plic0".
> +- #address-cells : should be <0>.
> +- #interrupt-cells : should be <1>.
> +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller.
> +- reg : Should contain 1 register range (address and length).
> +- interrupts-extended : Specifies which contexts are connected to the PLIC,
> + with "-1" specifying that a context is not present. The nodes pointed
> + to should be "riscv" HART nodes, or eventually be parented by such nodes.
> +- riscv,ndev: Specifies how many external interrupts are supported by
> + this controller.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> + plic: interrupt-controller@c000000 {
> + #address-cells = <0>;
> + #interrupt-cells = <1>;
> + compatible = "riscv,plic0";
> + interrupt-controller;
> + interrupts-extended = <
> + &cpu0-intc 11
> + &cpu1-intc 11 &cpu1-intc 9
> + &cpu2-intc 11 &cpu2-intc 9
> + &cpu3-intc 11 &cpu3-intc 9
> + &cpu4-intc 11 &cpu4-intc 9>;

I'm confused why this is still here if you are dropping the cpu intc binding?

I also noticed the cpu binding refers to "riscv,cpu-intc" as well.
That needs to be fixed too if there's a change.

Rob

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