Thread (49 messages) 49 messages, 9 authors, 2014-07-11

[PATCH v2] devicetree: Add generic IOMMU device tree bindings

From: Will Deacon <hidden>
Date: 2014-06-01 09:55:55
Also in: linux-devicetree, linux-iommu, linux-samsung-soc, linux-tegra, lkml

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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:54:37PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
On Friday 30 May 2014 22:29:13 Hiroshi Doyu wrote:
quoted
Tegra,SMMU has a similar problem and we have used a fixed size bitmap(64
bit) to afford 64 stream IDs so that a single device can hold multiple
IDs. If we apply the same bitmap to the above exmaple:

       iommu {
               /* the specifier represents the ID of the master */
               #address-cells = <1>;
               #size-cells = <0>;
       };

        master at a {
                ...
                iommus = <&smmu (BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(3))>; # IDs 1 2 3
        };

        master at b {
                ...
                iommus = <&smmu BIT(4)>;     # ID 4
        };

The disadvantage of this is that this limits the max number of streamIDs
to support. If # of streamID is increased later more than 64, this
format cannot cover any more. You have to predict the max # of streamIDs
in advance if steamID is statically assigned.
Well, the iommu specific binding could allow a variable #address-cells.
That way, you just need to know the number of stream IDs for that instance
of the iommu.
In general, though, the SMMU will be able to support a large number of
stream IDs (say a 16-bit space). The restriction we're interested in here is
how many different stream IDs can be emitted by a single master device
coming into the SMMU. *That* is a property of the master, not the SMMU.

In the current arm,smmu binding I have a #stream-id-cells property in each
master. I can then feed that straight into of_parse_phandle_with_args to
enumerate the IDs for that master. The problem with that is we're
artificially restricted by MAX_PHANDLE_ARGS.

Will
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