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From: arnd@arndb•de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] ARM: psci: add devicetree binding for describing PSCI firmware
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:00:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201212172000.11850.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1355762141-29616-4-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>

On Monday 17 December 2012, Will Deacon wrote:
> +
> + - function-base : The base ID from which the functions are offset.
> +
> +Main node optional properties:
> +
> + - cpu_suspend   : Offset of CPU_SUSPEND ID from function-base
> +
> + - cpu_off       : Offset of CPU_OFF ID from function-base
> +
> + - cpu_on        : Offset of CPU_ON ID from function-base
> +
> + - migrate       : Offset of MIGRATE ID from function-base

What is the benefit of the "function-base" property over just having
32 bit IDs for each function. For all I can tell, the interface does
not rely on the numbers to be consecutive, so removing the function-base
attribute would make the binding simpler as well as more flexible.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-17 20:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-17 16:35 [PATCH v2 0/6] Add support for a fake, para-virtualised machine Will Deacon
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] ARM: opcodes: add missing include of linux/linkage.h Will Deacon
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] ARM: opcodes: add opcodes definitions for ARM security extensions Will Deacon
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] ARM: psci: add devicetree binding for describing PSCI firmware Will Deacon
2012-12-17 20:00   ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-12-18 10:08     ` Will Deacon
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] ARM: psci: add support for PSCI invocations from the kernel Will Deacon
2012-12-17 20:51   ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-12-18 10:11     ` Will Deacon
2012-12-18 21:59       ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-12-19 11:27         ` Will Deacon
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] ARM: Dummy Virtual Machine platform support Will Deacon
2012-12-18 12:04   ` [Xen-devel] " Stefano Stabellini
2012-12-18 13:14     ` Will Deacon
2012-12-18 13:32       ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-12-18 18:01       ` Christopher Covington
2012-12-18 18:18         ` Marc Zyngier
2012-12-19 15:25           ` Christopher Covington
2012-12-20 13:12             ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-12-20 13:25               ` Marc Zyngier
2012-12-17 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] ARM: mach-virt: add SMP support using PSCI Will Deacon
2012-12-17 21:45   ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-12-18 10:49     ` Will Deacon
2012-12-18 12:19   ` [Xen-devel] " Stefano Stabellini
2012-12-18 13:12     ` Marc Zyngier

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