Re: [RFC 3/7] firmware: arm_scmi: Add QCOM vendor protocol

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 1/17/24 18:34, Sibi Sankar wrote:
> From: Shivnandan Kumar <quic_kshivnan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> SCMI QCOM vendor protocol provides interface to communicate with SCMI
> controller and enable vendor specific features like bus scaling capable
> of running on it.

"QCOM protocol" sounds overly generic, especially given how many
different vendor protocols have historically been present in
QC firmware..

> Signed-off-by: Shivnandan Kumar <quic_kshivnan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Ramakrishna Gottimukkula <quic_rgottimu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Gottimukkula <quic_rgottimu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Amir Vajid <avajid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Vajid <avajid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

So, this is another 0x80 protocol, different to the one that has
been shipping on devices that got released with msm-5.4, msm-5.10
and msm-5.15 [1][2]. They're totally incompatible (judging by the
msg format), use the same protocol ID and they are (at a glance)
providing access to the same HW/FW/tunables.

I'm not sure if this can be trusted not to change again.. Unless
we get a strong commitment that all platforms (compute, mobile,
auto, iot, whatever) stick to this one..

That said, the spec (DEN0056C) says that protocol IDs 0x80-0xff
are: "Reserved for vendor or platform-specific extensions to
this interface.". So if perhaps there's a will to maintain
multiple versions of this, with a way to discern between them..

Konrad

[1] https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/la/kernel/msm-5.15/-/blob/KERNEL.PLATFORM.2.1.r5-05400-kernel.0/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/memlat_vendor.c?ref_type=tags
[2] https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/la/kernel/msm-5.15/-/blob/KERNEL.PLATFORM.2.1.r5-05400-kernel.0/include/linux/scmi_memlat.h#L16