On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 09:39:55AM -0700, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> Implement support for dynamic domain switching. This feature is
> only enabled when the qcom,dynamic device tree attribute for an smmu
> instance.
>
> In order to use dynamic domains, a non-dynamic domain must first
> be created and attached. The non-dynamic domain must remain
> attached while the device is in use.
>
> The dynamic domain is cloned from the non-dynamic domain. Important
> configuration information is copied from the non-dynamic domain and
> the dynamic domain is automatically "attached" (though it doesn't
> program the hardware).
>
> To switch domains dynamically the hardware must program the TTBR0 register
> with the value from the DOMAIN_ATTR_TTBR0 attribute for the dynamic domain.
> The upstream driver may also need to do other hardware specific register
> programming to properly synchronize the domain switch. It must ensure that
> all register state except for the TTBR0 register is restored
> at the end of the switch operation.
> + { ARM_SMMU_OPT_DYNAMIC, "qcom,dynamic" },
What *precisely* is the intended semantic of this property?
It's not clear to me what a dynamic domain is, there's no documentation
in this series for this property, and from a glance it sounds like a
pure SW detail rather than a hardware/system detail (i.e. it shouldn;t
be in the DT at all).
This needs documentation. In future, please also Cc the devicetree list
(devicet...@vger.kernel.org) when adding new properties.
Thanks,
Mark.
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