Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/10] dt-bindings: irqchip: Introduce TISCI Interrupt router bindings

From: Tony Lindgren <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:32:15 -0800

* Lokesh Vutla <[email-masked]> [190213 04:23]:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> On 12/02/19 10:00 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > * Lokesh Vutla <[email-masked]> [190212 07:43]:
> >> +The Interrupt Router (INTR) module provides a mechanism to route M
> >> +interrupt inputs to N interrupt outputs, where all M inputs are selectable
> >> +to be driven per N output. There is one register per output (MUXCNTL_N) that
> >> +controls the selection.
> >> +
> >> +
> >> +                                 Interrupt Router
> >> +                             +----------------------+
> >> +                             |  Inputs     Outputs  |
> >> +        +-------+            | +------+             |
> >> +        | GPIO  |----------->| | irq0 |             |       Host IRQ
> >> +        +-------+            | +------+             |      controller
> >> +                             |    .        +-----+  |      +-------+
> >> +        +-------+            |    .        |  0  |  |----->|  IRQ  |
> >> +        | INTA  |----------->|    .        +-----+  |      +-------+
> >> +        +-------+            |    .          .      |
> >> +                             | +------+      .      |
> >> +                             | | irqM |    +-----+  |
> >> +                             | +------+    |  N  |  |
> >> +                             |             +-----+  |
> >> +                             +----------------------+
> > 
> > Is this always one-to-one mapping or can the same interrupt be routed to
> > multiple targets like to the SoC and some coprocessor?
> 
> Yes, it is always one-to-one. Output of INTR can only be attached to one of the
> processor.

OK

> >> +Configuration of these MUXCNTL_N registers is done by a system controller
> >> +(like the Device Memory and Security Controller on K3 AM654 SoC). System
> >> +controller will keep track of the used and unused registers within the Router.
> >> +Driver should request the system controller to get the range of GIC IRQs
> >> +assigned to the requesting hosts. It is the drivers responsibility to keep
> >> +track of Host IRQs.
> >> +
> >> +Communication between the host processor running an OS and the system
> >> +controller happens through a protocol called TI System Control Interface
> >> +(TISCI protocol). For more details refer:
> >> +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.txt
> > 
> > Care to describe a bit why the interrupts need to be routed by a system
> > controller?
> 
> K3 architecture defines a heterogeneous system where multiple heterogeneous
> cores are serving its own usecases. Given that there are multiple ways in which
> a device IRQ can be routed using INTR, like either it can be routed to HLOS
> core(A53 int this case) or it can be routed to any other coprocessor available
> in the system(like R5). If every sw running in each co-processor is allowed to
> program this INTR then there is a high probability that one sw executing on one
> core can damage other heterogeneous core.  Mainly to avoid this damage the
> configuration of all the INTRs and INTAs are done in a centralized place(sysfw).
> Any user for programming its IRQ route should send a message to sysfw with the
> parameters. These parameters are policed by sysfw and does the configuration.

OK so maybe update the description along those lines saying it's
a shared piece of hardware between various independent SoC
clusters which may or may not be running Linux.

Regards,

Tony

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