[U-Boot] [PATCH 11/13] arm: zynq: dts: Add U-Boot device tree additions

[Simon Glass]

Hi Michal,

On 4 September 2015 at 00:04, Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu> wrote:
> On 09/04/2015 02:22 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>> Hi Michal,
>>
>> On 3 September 2015 at 05:35, Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu> wrote:
>>> On 09/02/2015 04:49 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>> +Tom and a few others who may have an opinion.
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 1 September 2015 at 10:19, Masahiro Yamada
>>>> <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-09-02 0:41 GMT+09:00 Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why not just add one more uboot property to chosen with list of IPs
>>>>>>>>>> which needs to be relocated?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You mean a list of devices needed before relocation?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I mean something like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> chosen {
>>>>>>>>         u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = <&uart1 ...>;
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And then just go through this list. I expect that you are looking for
>>>>>>>> that property anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In this case wouldn't it need to list the simple-bus also?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes for zc702 case
>>>>>>
>>>>>> u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = <&amba &uart1>;
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this should be
>>>>>
>>>>> u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = &amba, &uart1;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <&label> is used for phandle, while &label is replaced with a string
>>>>> standing for the full path for the node.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, stdout-path takes that:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> stdout-path = &serial0;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also use this with fdtgrep to remove nodes not needed for SPL. So
>>>>>>> we would have to come up with a tool to make that work. At present
>>>>>>> 'fdtgrep -p u-boot,dm-pre-reloc' picks out all the nodes we want (it
>>>>>>> finds nodes with that property).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm actually not sure that this approach is any easier/better. What
>>>>>>> are the advantages?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question is if current solution which you are using is fully
>>>>>> compatible with binding. Adding bootloader property to the HW node
>>>>>> doesn't look like a best solution.
>>>>>> On the other hand chosen node is the location where OS specific
>>>>>> properties are coming that's why I have suggested to use it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I like Michal's idea.
>>>>> We need some work for fdtgrep, but I believe it is worthwhile.
>>>>>
>>>>> From Michal's recent patches (http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/498609/),
>>>>> I guess he is tackling on syncing device trees between Linux and U-boot,
>>>>> and this is right thing to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Inserting the U-boot specific property here and there
>>>>> makes it difficult.
>>>>
>>>> Yes it is attractive.
>>>>
>>>> With this scheme we cannot put the properties into .dtsi (i.e. make
>>>> them common for the soc). Is there a way around that or would we just
>>>> have to live with it?
>>>
>>> Why not? You can add chosen node to dtsi without any problem which
>>> should be shared for all boards. The only one question remains which is
>>> what exactly you need to add to dtsi.
>>> One example is Zynq. We have 2 serial PS IPs. Which one you want to add?
>>> Both?
>>
>> If you have something like this:
>>
>> soc {
>>    uart0 {
>>    };
>>    uart1 {
>>    };
>> }
>>
>> in the common .dtsi then you can currently put the marker in the soc
>> node. I'm not sure how you do that with your scheme. If we put it in
>> the .dtsi then the .dts will override it.
>>
>> Does this matter?
>
> As far as I understand DTSI is shared across all boards.
> And DTS can overwrite DTSI at any time.
>
> Let me extend this to make it more clear
> soc: soc {
>     uart0: uart at XXX {
>     };
>     uart1: uart at XXX {
>     };
>  }
>
>
> In DTSI I would put probably this to show everybody what needs to be there.
> chosen {
>         u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = &soc &uart0 &uart1;
> }
>
> And in DTS if you have only one uart DTS will overwrite it.
> chosen {
>         u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = &soc &uart0;
> }
>
> Or the next option is to make code smarter and detect that uart1 is
> disabled that's why it is not used and only chosen from DTSI should be
> enough.

Yes I see - you just overwrite the property in the main file. If it
includes pinctrl nodes, gpio nodes, etc. then you would have to add
those also. For mainline Rockchip this means that each board would
have to have something like:

 chosen {
         u-boot,dm-pre-reloc = &mmc0, &serial0, &dmc, &power, &syscon0
&syscon1 &pinctrl &gpio3 &gpio8 &leds &led_work &led_power;
 }

That seems a bit unwieldy to me. What do you think?

Regards,
Simon