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arm: dts: aspeed DTS updates for OpenPower

PATCH New Benjamin Herrenschmidt 4 participants 11 messages Jul 24, 2018 – Aug 24, 2018

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cover arm: dts: aspeed DTS updates for OpenPower

These are DTS updates for Aspeed SoCs used on OpenPower systems.

They should comply with existing bindings either upstream, in linux-next or about to be pulled into linux-next, and that have been acked by Rob.

- Add the "cvic" node for the coprocessor interrupt controller
to the Aspeed G4 and G5 SoC .dtsi files.

- Switch OpenPower Romulus and Palmetto systems from using the
Linux bitbang GPIO FSI master to using the new ColdFire coprocessor based one which is much faster (driver about to hit linux-next)

- Add a basic definition of the POWER8 and POWER9 processors
as seen on an FSI bus by the BMC. Not every device in there is exposed yet. More devices will be added as their drivers and bindings get finalized.

#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add coprocessor interrupt controller

Add the missing node for the CVIC (the coprocessor interrupt controller) and add a label to the SRAM node so it can be referenced from the board device-tree file.

OpenBMC-Staging-Count: 1

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g4.dtsi | 8 +++++++-
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g5.dtsi | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g4.dtsi +7 -1
index 75df1573380e..b1a19f99a4c9 100644
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
 			reg = <0x1e6c0080 0x80>;
 		};
 
+		cvic: copro-interrupt-controller at 1e6c2000 {
+			compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-cvic", "aspeed-cvic";
+			valid-sources = <0x7fffffff>;
+			reg = <0x1e6c2000 0x80>;
+		};
+
 		mac0: ethernet at 1e660000 {
 			compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
 			reg = <0x1e660000 0x180>;
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@
 				status = "disabled";
 			};
 
-			sram at 1e720000 {
+			sram: sram at 1e720000 {
 				compatible = "mmio-sram";
 				reg = <0x1e720000 0x8000>;	// 32K
 			};
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g5.dtsi +8 -1
index 17f2714d18a7..21141ca1bfa4 100644
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
 			reg = <0x1e6c0080 0x80>;
 		};
 
+		cvic: copro-interrupt-controller at 1e6c2000 {
+			compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-cvic", "aspeed-cvic";
+			valid-sources = <0xffffffff>;
+			copro-sw-interrupts = <1>;
+			reg = <0x1e6c2000 0x80>;
+		};
+
 		mac0: ethernet at 1e660000 {
 			compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
 			reg = <0x1e660000 0x180>;
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@
 				status = "disabled";
 			};
 
-			sram at 1e720000 {
+			sram: sram at 1e720000 {
 				compatible = "mmio-sram";
 				reg = <0x1e720000 0x9000>;	// 36K
 			};
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#2 lore raw

PATCH 1/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add coprocessor interrupt controller

Quoted 5 lines · Benjamin Herrenschmidt

Add the missing node for the CVIC (the coprocessor interrupt controller) and add a label to the SRAM node so it can be referenced from the board device-tree file.

OpenBMC-Staging-Count: 1

We shouldn't be putting this in upstream patches.

I can drop it when I apply if there is no other review.

Quoted 63 lines
---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g4.dtsi | 8 +++++++-
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g5.dtsi | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g4.dtsi +7 -1
index 75df1573380e..b1a19f99a4c9 100644
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
                        reg = <0x1e6c0080 0x80>;
                };
 
+               cvic: copro-interrupt-controller at 1e6c2000 {
+                       compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-cvic", "aspeed-cvic";
+                       valid-sources = <0x7fffffff>;
+                       reg = <0x1e6c2000 0x80>;
+               };
+
                mac0: ethernet at 1e660000 {
                        compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
                        reg = <0x1e660000 0x180>;
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@
                                status = "disabled";
                        };
 
-                       sram at 1e720000 {
+                       sram: sram at 1e720000 {
                                compatible = "mmio-sram";
                                reg = <0x1e720000 0x8000>;      // 32K
                        };
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g5.dtsi +8 -2
index 17f2714d18a7..21141ca1bfa4 100644
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
                        reg = <0x1e6c0080 0x80>;
                };
 
+               cvic: copro-interrupt-controller at 1e6c2000 {
+                       compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-cvic", "aspeed-cvic";
+                       valid-sources = <0xffffffff>;
+                       copro-sw-interrupts = <1>;
+                       reg = <0x1e6c2000 0x80>;
+               };
+
                mac0: ethernet at 1e660000 {
                        compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-mac", "faraday,ftgmac100";
                        reg = <0x1e660000 0x180>;
@@ -211,7 +218,7 @@
                                status = "disabled";
                        };
 
-                       sram at 1e720000 {
+                       sram: sram at 1e720000 {
                                compatible = "mmio-sram";
                                reg = <0x1e720000 0x9000>;      // 36K
                        };
--

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#3 lore raw

PATCH 1/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add coprocessor interrupt controller

Quoted 9 lines · Joel Stanley
Quoted 5 lines · Benjamin Herrenschmidt

Add the missing node for the CVIC (the coprocessor interrupt controller) and add a label to the SRAM node so it can be referenced from the board device-tree file.

OpenBMC-Staging-Count: 1

We shouldn't be putting this in upstream patches.

Ah oops, I accidentally cherry-picked it back out of your tree.

Quoted 1 line

I can drop it when I apply if there is no other review.

#4 lore raw

PATCH 2/5 arm: dts: OpenPower Romulus system can use coprocessor for FSI

In reply to Benjamin Herrenschmidt
---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-romulus.dts | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-romulus.dts +10 -2
index 0b9b37d4d6ef..852f264b9569 100644
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 			no-map;
 			reg = <0x98000000 0x04000000>; /* 64M */
 		};
+
+		coldfire_memory: codefire_memory at 9ef00000 {
+			reg = <0x9ef00000 0x00100000>;
+			no-map;
+		};
 	};
 
 	leds {
@@ -49,10 +54,13 @@
 	};
 
 	fsi: gpio-fsi {
-		compatible = "fsi-master-gpio", "fsi-master";
+		compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-cf-fsi-master", "fsi-master";
 		#address-cells = <2>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
-		no-gpio-delays;
+
+		memory-region = <&coldfire_memory>;
+		aspeed,sram = <&sram>;
+		aspeed,cvic = <&cvic>;
 
 		clock-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(AA, 0) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		data-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(AA, 2) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
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PATCH 3/5 arm: dts: OpenPower Palmetto system can use coprocessor for FSI

In reply to Benjamin Herrenschmidt

This switches away from userspace bitbanging to kernel FSI using the coprocessor.

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts | 28 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts +21 -7
index c7084a819dc6..e6cfdf3c1a67 100644
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 			no-map;
 			reg = <0x5f000000 0x01000000>; /* 16M */
 		};
+
+		coldfire_memory: codefire_memory at 5ee00000 {
+			reg = <0x5ee00000 0x00200000>;
+			no-map;
+		};
 	};
 
 	leds {
@@ -44,6 +49,22 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	fsi: gpio-fsi {
+		compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-cf-fsi-master", "fsi-master";
+		#address-cells = <2>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		memory-region = <&coldfire_memory>;
+		aspeed,sram = <&sram>;
+		aspeed,cvic = <&cvic>;
+
+		clock-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 4) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		data-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 5) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		mux-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		enable-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(D, 0) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		trans-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(H, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+	};
+
 	gpio-keys {
 		compatible = "gpio-keys";
 
@@ -303,13 +324,6 @@
 		line-name = "SYS_PWROK_BMC";
 	};
 
-	pin_gpio_h6 {
-		gpio-hog;
-		gpios = <ASPEED_GPIO(H, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
-		output-high;
-		line-name = "SCM1_FSI0_DATA_EN";
-	};
-
 	pin_gpio_h7 {
 		gpio-hog;
 		gpios = <ASPEED_GPIO(H, 7) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
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#6 lore raw

PATCH 3/5 arm: dts: OpenPower Palmetto system can use coprocessor for FSI

Quoted 14 lines · Benjamin Herrenschmidt

This switches away from userspace bitbanging to kernel FSI using the coprocessor.

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts | 28 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts +0 -0
index c7084a819dc6..e6cfdf3c1a67 100644

arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts line 30

Quoted 5 lines
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts +2 -0
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
                        no-map;
                        reg = <0x5f000000 0x01000000>; /* 16M */
                };
+
+               coldfire_memory: codefire_memory at 5ee00000 {

typo

Quoted 51 lines
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts +19 -8
+                       reg = <0x5ee00000 0x00200000>;
+                       no-map;
+               };
        };
 
        leds {
@@ -44,6 +49,22 @@
                };
        };
 
+       fsi: gpio-fsi {
+               compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-cf-fsi-master", "fsi-master";
+               #address-cells = <2>;
+               #size-cells = <0>;
+
+               memory-region = <&coldfire_memory>;
+               aspeed,sram = <&sram>;
+               aspeed,cvic = <&cvic>;
+
+               clock-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 4) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               data-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 5) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               mux-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               enable-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(D, 0) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               trans-gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(H, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+       };
+
        gpio-keys {
                compatible = "gpio-keys";
 
@@ -303,13 +324,6 @@
                line-name = "SYS_PWROK_BMC";
        };
 
-       pin_gpio_h6 {
-               gpio-hog;
-               gpios = <ASPEED_GPIO(H, 6) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
-               output-high;
-               line-name = "SCM1_FSI0_DATA_EN";
-       };
-
        pin_gpio_h7 {
                gpio-hog;
                gpios = <ASPEED_GPIO(H, 7) GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
--

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#7 lore raw

PATCH 4/5 arm: dts: Add power8 CFAM dtsi and use it on palmetto

In reply to Benjamin Herrenschmidt

So we get proper chip-id

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts | 10 ++++++
 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power8-cfam.dtsi        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power8-cfam.dtsi
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-palmetto.dts +10 -0
index e6cfdf3c1a67..e264d817978c 100644
@@ -331,3 +331,13 @@
 		line-name = "BMC_TPM_INT_N";
 	};
 };
+
+/* Instantiate chip 0 */
+#define CFAM_CHIP_ID 0
+&fsi {
+	cfam at 0,0 {
+		reg = <0 0>;
+		#include "ibm-power8-cfam.dtsi"
+	};
+};
+#undef CFAM_CHIP_ID
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power8-cfam.dtsi new file +31 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a07e9509d9bd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+// Copyright 2018 IBM Corp
+
+#define __MAKE_LABEL(p,i)	p##i
+#define _MAKE_LABEL(p,i)	__MAKE_LABEL(p,i)
+#define HUB_LABEL		_MAKE_LABEL(fsi_hub,CFAM_CHIP_ID)
+#define OCC_LABEL		_MAKE_LABEL(fsi_occ,CFAM_CHIP_ID)
+#define I2C_LABEL(n)		_MAKE_LABEL(_MAKE_LABEL(cfam,CFAM_CHIP_ID),_i2c##n)
+
+#address-cells = <1>;
+#size-cells = <1>;
+chip-id = <CFAM_CHIP_ID>;
+
+scom at 1000 {
+	compatible = "ibm,fsi2pib";
+	reg = <0x1000 0x400>;
+};
+
+HUB_LABEL: hub at 3400 {
+	compatible = "ibm,fsi-master-hub";
+	reg = <0x3400 0x400>;
+	#address-cells = <2>;
+	#size-cells = <0>;
+	no-scan-on-init;
+};
+
+#undef __MAKE_LABEL
+#undef _MAKE_LABEL
+#undef HUB_LABEL
+#undef OCC_LABEL
+#undef I2C_LABEL
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PATCH 5/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add power9 CFAM dtsi and use it on OpenPower P9 machines

In reply to Benjamin Herrenschmidt

This provides proper chip IDs but also adds the various sub-devices necessary for the future OCC driver among other. All the added nodes comply with the existing upstream FSI bindings.

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-lanyang.dts  |   1 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-romulus.dts  |   2 +
 .../boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-witherspoon.dts   |   2 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-zaius.dts    |   2 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi        | 104 ++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi        |  58 ++++++++++
 6 files changed, 169 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-lanyang.dts +1 -0
index d598b6391362..e744d6532cbb 100644
@@ -323,3 +323,4 @@
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
+#include "ibm-power9-dual.dtsi"
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-romulus.dts +2 -0
index 852f264b9569..ead2a84f16bd 100644
@@ -282,3 +282,5 @@
 &ibt {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+#include "ibm-power9-dual.dtsi"
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-witherspoon.dts +2 -0
index 656036106001..33ea336f0c17 100644
@@ -583,3 +583,5 @@
 &ibt {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+#include "ibm-power9-dual.dtsi"
arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-zaius.dts +2 -0
index 2c5aa90a546d..05df11cacb21 100644
@@ -435,3 +435,5 @@
 &ibt {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+#include "ibm-power9-dual.dtsi"
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +104 -0

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arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi new file +58 -0

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PATCH 5/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add power9 CFAM dtsi and use it on OpenPower P9 machines

Hi,

I came across this patch as part of Joel's pull request, so this is somewhat high latency review that I guess nobody else cared to do:

Quoted 23 lines · Benjamin Herrenschmidt

This provides proper chip IDs but also adds the various sub-devices necessary for the future OCC driver among other. All the added nodes comply with the existing upstream FSI bindings.

---
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-lanyang.dts  |   1 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-romulus.dts  |   2 +
 .../boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-witherspoon.dts   |   2 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-opp-zaius.dts    |   2 +
 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi        | 104 ++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi        |  58 ++++++++++
 6 files changed, 169 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +0 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bda517f93cc

arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi line 7

Quoted 7 lines
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +7 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+// Copyright 2018 IBM Corp
+
+#define __MAKE_LABEL(p,i)      p##i
+#define _MAKE_LABEL(p,i)       __MAKE_LABEL(p,i)
+#define HUB_LABEL              _MAKE_LABEL(fsi_hub,CFAM_CHIP_ID)
+#define I2C_LABEL(n)           _MAKE_LABEL(_MAKE_LABEL(cfam,CFAM_CHIP_ID),_i2c##n)

This is a red flag with respect to obscurity. It's a magic dtsi file that has to be included at the right spot in the dts file or things will break horribly -- we really try to avoid those kind of constructs.

Also, you use it by passing in a predefined CHIP_ID, so you have #define / #include / #undef. And on top of that you have open-coded actual stable naming references to nodes that can't be found because they're created by macros.

I know you want this to instantiate a bunch of boilerplate, so if you want to do that, maybe you'd be better off having this file just define a couple of macros, and then instantiate the actual subtrees with that macro (the macro can then take the chipid). That way you can still expose the same label-making macros in the locations where you setup the stable naming. Much less cognitive load on someone trying to read it and figure out just what's being instantiated where, and what nodes the i2c<#> aliases are referring to.

Also:

Quoted 22 lines
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +22 -0
+/ {
+       aliases {
+               i2c100 = &cfam0_i2c0;
+               i2c101 = &cfam0_i2c1;
+               i2c102 = &cfam0_i2c2;
+               i2c103 = &cfam0_i2c3;
+               i2c104 = &cfam0_i2c4;
+               i2c105 = &cfam0_i2c5;
+               i2c106 = &cfam0_i2c6;
+               i2c107 = &cfam0_i2c7;
+               i2c108 = &cfam0_i2c8;
+               i2c109 = &cfam0_i2c9;
+               i2c110 = &cfam0_i2c10;
+               i2c111 = &cfam0_i2c11;
+               i2c112 = &cfam0_i2c12;
+               i2c113 = &cfam0_i2c13;
+               i2c114 = &cfam0_i2c14;
+               i2c200 = &cfam1_i2c0;
+               i2c201 = &cfam1_i2c1;
+               i2c202 = &cfam1_i2c2;
+               i2c203 = &cfam1_i2c3;
+               i2c204 = &cfam1_i2c4;

arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi line 39

Quoted 10 lines
arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +10 -0
+               i2c205 = &cfam1_i2c5;
+               i2c206 = &cfam1_i2c6;
+               i2c207 = &cfam1_i2c7;
+               i2c208 = &cfam1_i2c8;
+               i2c209 = &cfam1_i2c9;
+               i2c210 = &cfam1_i2c10;
+               i2c211 = &cfam1_i2c11;
+               i2c212 = &cfam1_i2c12;
+               i2c213 = &cfam1_i2c13;
+               i2c214 = &cfam1_i2c14;

This is... unconventional. Fixed mapping but up at a high bus range such that it won't conflict with other SoC busses?

Just make your tools figure out what bus to use with sysfs or DT entries instead, much less of a hack. We've done these things to IRQs and GPIOs in the past, and it's a pain to clean up later.

-Olof

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PATCH 5/5 arm: dts: aspeed: Add power9 CFAM dtsi and use it on OpenPower P9 machines

Quoted 15 lines · Olof Johansson

arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi line 7

Quoted 10 lines

+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi

arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-cfam.dtsi new file +7 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+// Copyright 2018 IBM Corp
+
+#define __MAKE_LABEL(p,i)      p##i
+#define _MAKE_LABEL(p,i)       __MAKE_LABEL(p,i)
+#define HUB_LABEL              _MAKE_LABEL(fsi_hub,CFAM_CHIP_ID)
+#define I2C_LABEL(n)           _MAKE_LABEL(_MAKE_LABEL(cfam,CFAM_CHIP_ID),_i2c##n)

This is a red flag with respect to obscurity. It's a magic dtsi file that has to be included at the right spot in the dts file or things will break horribly -- we really try to avoid those kind of constructs.

I agree it sucks :-) I couldn't find any other way though. dtc seems to be extremely limited in its ability to override node content. See below.

Quoted 4 lines

Also, you use it by passing in a predefined CHIP_ID, so you have #define / #include / #undef. And on top of that you have open-coded actual stable naming references to nodes that can't be found because they're created by macros.

Correct, as I said, I couldn't find a different way to do it.

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I know you want this to instantiate a bunch of boilerplate, so if you want to do that, maybe you'd be better off having this file just define a couple of macros, and then instantiate the actual subtrees with that macro (the macro can then take the chipid).

I'm not sure what you mean... the entire subtree being one giant macro ? That sounds scary ... I'll describe what I'm trying to do below.

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That way you can
still expose the same label-making macros in the locations where you setup the stable naming. Much less cognitive load on someone trying to read it and figure out just what's being instantiated where, and what nodes the i2c<#> aliases are referring to.

I'm sorry, I don't quite get what you suggest...

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Also:

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arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi new file +22 -0
+/ {
+       aliases {
+               i2c100 = &cfam0_i2c0;
+               i2c101 = &cfam0_i2c1;
+               i2c102 = &cfam0_i2c2;
+               i2c103 = &cfam0_i2c3;
+               i2c104 = &cfam0_i2c4;
+               i2c105 = &cfam0_i2c5;
+               i2c106 = &cfam0_i2c6;
+               i2c107 = &cfam0_i2c7;
+               i2c108 = &cfam0_i2c8;
+               i2c109 = &cfam0_i2c9;
+               i2c110 = &cfam0_i2c10;
+               i2c111 = &cfam0_i2c11;
+               i2c112 = &cfam0_i2c12;
+               i2c113 = &cfam0_i2c13;
+               i2c114 = &cfam0_i2c14;
+               i2c200 = &cfam1_i2c0;
+               i2c201 = &cfam1_i2c1;
+               i2c202 = &cfam1_i2c2;
+               i2c203 = &cfam1_i2c3;
+               i2c204 = &cfam1_i2c4;

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arch/arm/boot/dts/ibm-power9-dual.dtsi new file +10 -0
+               i2c205 = &cfam1_i2c5;
+               i2c206 = &cfam1_i2c6;
+               i2c207 = &cfam1_i2c7;
+               i2c208 = &cfam1_i2c8;
+               i2c209 = &cfam1_i2c9;
+               i2c210 = &cfam1_i2c10;
+               i2c211 = &cfam1_i2c11;
+               i2c212 = &cfam1_i2c12;
+               i2c213 = &cfam1_i2c13;
+               i2c214 = &cfam1_i2c14;
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This is... unconventional. Fixed mapping but up at a high bus range such that it won't conflict with other SoC busses?

Yes. I'll describe the topology below.

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Just make your tools figure out what bus to use with sysfs or DT entries instead, much less of a hack. We've done these things to IRQs and GPIOs in the past, and it's a pain to clean up later.

Well, fixing the tools is ... hard and fixing the users of those tools harder. Chances are people are just going to keep out of tree kernel hacks rather than fixing their tools if that's what it gets to but we can hope...

Ideally we could try creating a bunch of udev scripts that create named symlinks for those i2c busses but that will take time. Anyway, here's what we are trying to do:

So you may remember from your days at IBM :-) The FSI bus is the service interface to the POWER chips (a bit like PECI on x86 I think). It also connect to things like memory buffer chips etc...

This is the view of the system from the perspective of the BMC management controller (or the FSP, same deal).

The BMC is typically master of one FSI bus to one chip, let's say P9 for now, and can access more chips via cascaded FSI masters (aka FSI "hubs") in that chip. Those secondary chips can themselves have hubs to other chips etc...

So we want a dtsi file that represent a "chip". ie, a power9.dtsi, a power8.dtsi, a centaur.dtsi (centaur is the mem buffer) etc... There's a while bunch of things in such a chip, the current patch only has a portion of what will eventually be there. Via FSI we can access the OCC thermal control processor, the i2c masters, the XSCOM engine, the scan engine, etc. etc... Each of these will bind with drivers in the BMC kernel.

And we want the top-level "system" file to instanciate them all in the right places to represent a given system topology.

In addition, we do need some properties to uniquely identify a chip/socket in the system in a stable manner. If anything to provide meaningful data to the user, but also to cross-match with corresponding fans etc...

Originally, I thought I could just use the DT "override" constructs to do something like:

&bmc_fsi {
#include "power9.dtsi"
}

But then I couldn't find a way to then add the chip id to power9. dts can't do things like

&bmc_fsi/cfam at 0 {
	chip-id = <...>;
};

It seems.

I tried without using the bmc_fsi label, using a full path but that failed too, dtc thought I was trying to create a duplicate node rather than appending to an existing one.

Then I need to add another chip to one of the hub legs. Here too, how ? I can have power9.dtsi define labels for its hub legs but then it will clash when I bring in the second one...

So even ignoring the business with the i2c aliases, I'm a bit stuck.

I didn't quite get what you proposed with using the macros differently, any chance you can throw a small example ? I'm hoping it doesn't involve having the entire power9 chip content be a giant macro :-)

Cheers,
Ben.