Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/of: Convert Intel's APIC bindings to YAML schema

From: Rahul Tanwar
Date: Tue Nov 22 2022 - 04:44:21 EST


On 22/11/2022 5:11 pm, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> This email was sent from outside of MaxLinear.
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 03:39:07PM +0800, Rahul Tanwar wrote:
> > Intel's APIC family of interrupt controllers support local APIC
> > (lapic) & I/O APIC (ioapic). Convert existing bindings for lapic
> > & ioapic from text to YAML schema. Separate lapic & ioapic schemas.
> > Addditionally, add description which was missing in text file and
> > add few more required standard properties which were also missing
> > in text file.
>
> ...
>
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id:
> "http://devicetree.org/schemas/interrupt-controller/intel,ce4100-ioapic.yaml# <http://devicetree.org/schemas/interrupt-controller/intel,ce4100-ioapic.yaml#>"
> > +$schema: "http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> <http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#>"
> > +
> > +title: Intel I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IO APIC)
>
> > +maintainers:
> > + - Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm not sure, you need to have a confirmation before putting someone's
> name here.
> Yours is easier to add.
>

Well noted, will update.



> > +description: |
> > + Intel's Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a
> > + family of interrupt controllers. The APIC is a split
> > + architecture design, with a local component (LAPIC) integrated
> > + into the processor itself and an external I/O APIC. Local APIC
> > + (lapic) receives interrupts from the processor's interrupt pins,
> > + from internal sources and from an external I/O APIC (ioapic).
> > + And it sends these to the processor core for handling.
>
> > + See https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf
> <https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf>
>
> Dunno if schema has special format for data sheet links...
>


Example-schema says this is the place to put URL's..



> > + Chapter 8 for more details.
> > +
> > + Many of the Intel's generic devices like hpet, ioapic, lapic have
> > + the ce4100 name in their compatible property names because they
>
> > + first appeared in CE4100 SoC. See bindings/x86/ce4100.txt for more
>
> Shouldn't you change this?
>


Do you mean change compatibility property prefix from
"intel,ce4100-ioapic" to "intel,ioapic"? If yes, then i totally agree
and i will change it (including new file names & all other references to
ce4100). If not, please clarify more..


> > + details on it.
> > +
> > + This schema defines bindings for I/O APIC interrupt controller.
>
> ...
>
> > +maintainers:
> > + - Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +
> > +description: |
> > + Intel's Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a
> > + family of interrupt controllers. The APIC is a split
> > + architecture design, with a local component (LAPIC) integrated
> > + into the processor itself and an external I/O APIC. Local APIC
> > + (lapic) receives interrupts from the processor's interrupt pins,
> > + from internal sources and from an external I/O APIC (ioapic).
> > + And it sends these to the processor core for handling.
> > + See https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf
> <https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf>
> > + Chapter 8 for more details.
> > +
> > + Many of the Intel's generic devices like hpet, ioapic, lapic have
> > + the ce4100 name in their compatible property names because they
> > + first appeared in CE4100 SoC. See bindings/x86/ce4100.txt for more
> > + details on it.
> > +
> > + This schema defines bindings for local APIC interrupt controller.
>
> Same two comments as per above.
>


Well noted.


> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>