[PATCH v6 2/2] schemas: memory: Add ECC properties

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sun Sep 10 00:40:22 CEST 2023


Hi Rob,

On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 05:46, Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:40 PM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Some memories provide ECC detection and/or correction. For software which
> > wants to check memory, it is helpful to see which regions provide this
> > feature.
> >
> > Add this as a property of the /memory nodes, since it presumably follows
> > the hardware-level memory system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v6:
> > - Use a number of bits instead of a string property
> > - Fix inidcates typo
> >
> > Changes in v5:
> > - Redo to make this property specific to ECC
> > - Provide properties both for detection and correction
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Add new patch to update the /memory nodes
> >
> >  dtschema/schemas/memory.yaml | 15 +++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/dtschema/schemas/memory.yaml b/dtschema/schemas/memory.yaml
> > index 1d74410..1a48b1c 100644
> > --- a/dtschema/schemas/memory.yaml
> > +++ b/dtschema/schemas/memory.yaml
> > @@ -31,10 +31,21 @@ patternProperties:
> >
> >        numa-node-id:
> >          $ref: types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > -        description:
> > +        description: |
>
> Why? '|' is not needed for any of these.
>
> >            For the purpose of identification, each NUMA node is associated with
> >            a unique token known as a node id.
> > -
>
> blank line between properties.
>
> I can fix these up when applying.

OK thank you.

>
> > +      ecc-detection-bits:
> > +        default: 0
> > +        description: |
> > +          If present, this indicates the number of bits of memory error which
> > +          can be detected and reported by the Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory
> > +          subsystem (typically 0, 1 or 2).
> > +      ecc-correction-bits:
> > +        default: 0
> > +        description: |
> > +          If present, this indicates the number of bits of memory error which
> > +          can be corrected by the Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory subsystem
> > +          (typically 0, 1 or 2).
> >
> >      required:
> >        - device_type
> > --
> > 2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog
> >

Regards,
Simon


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