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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: add binding doc for the ARM SMC/HVC mailbox
This looks much better now.

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:10:10AM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
>
> The ARM SMC/HVC mailbox binding describes a firmware interface to trigger
> actions in software layers running in the EL2 or EL3 exception levels.
> The term "ARM" here relates to the SMC instruction as part of the ARM
> instruction set, not as a standard endorsed by ARM Ltd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
> ---
>
> V3:
> Convert to yaml
> Drop interrupt
> Introudce transports to indicate mem/reg
> The func id is still kept as optional, because like SCMI it only
> cares about message.
>
> V2:
> Introduce interrupts as a property.
>
> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 124 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..da9b1a03bc4e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mailbox/arm-smc.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: ARM SMC Mailbox Interface
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
> +
> +description: |
> + This mailbox uses the ARM smc (secure monitor call) and hvc (hypervisor
> + call) instruction to trigger a mailbox-connected activity in firmware,
> + executing on the very same core as the caller. By nature this operation
> + is synchronous and this mailbox provides no way for asynchronous messages
> + to be delivered the other way round, from firmware to the OS, but
> + asynchronous notification could also be supported. However the value of
> + r0/w0/x0 the firmware returns after the smc call is delivered as a received
> + message to the mailbox framework, so a synchronous communication can be
> + established, for a asynchronous notification, no value will be returned.
> + The exact meaning of both the action the mailbox triggers as well as the
> + return value is defined by their users and is not subject to this binding.
> +
> + One use case of this mailbox is the SCMI interface, which uses shared memory
> + to transfer commands and parameters, and a mailbox to trigger a function
> + call. This allows SoCs without a separate management processor (or when
> + such a processor is not available or used) to use this standardized
> + interface anyway.
> +
> + This binding describes no hardware, but establishes a firmware interface.
> + Upon receiving an SMC using one of the described SMC function identifiers,
> + the firmware is expected to trigger some mailbox connected functionality.
> + The communication follows the ARM SMC calling convention.
> + Firmware expects an SMC function identifier in r0 or w0. The supported
> + identifiers are passed from consumers, or listed in the the arm,func-ids
> + properties as described below. The firmware can return one value in
> + the first SMC result register, it is expected to be an error value,
> + which shall be propagated to the mailbox client.
> +
> + Any core which supports the SMC or HVC instruction can be used, as long as
> + a firmware component running in EL3 or EL2 is handling these calls.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: arm,smc-mbox
> +
> + "#mbox-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> + arm,num-chans:
> + description: The number of channels supported.
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +
> + method:
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - smc
> + - hvc
> +
> + transports:
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - mem
> + - reg
> +
> + arm,func-ids:
> + description: |
> + An array of 32-bit values specifying the function IDs used by each
> + mailbox channel. Those function IDs follow the ARM SMC calling
> + convention standard [1].
> +
> + There is one identifier per channel and the number of supported
> + channels is determined by the length of this array.
> + minItems: 0
> + maxItems: 4096 # Should be enough?
I am new to yaml, is there a way to say the number of entries here must
match arm,num-chans ? And not sure if min/maxItems matter then ?

> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - "#mbox-cells"
> + - arm,num-chans
> + - transports
> + - method
> +

Why is arm,func-ids optional ? Is there any standard arm,func-ids we can
resort to. Sorry I know you expect ARM Ltd to answer that, but I just want
to raise the point that we don't have one today and hence it can't be
optional. Or I am missing something ?

--
Regards,
Sudeep

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