Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mn: Fix duplicate node name

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:50:05 +0100

On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:44:51AM +0000, S.j. Wang wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 02:21:40PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 02:53:24PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> > > > > > > Error log:
> > > > > > > sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename
> > > > > '/bus/platform/devices/30000000.bus'
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The spba bus name is duplicate with aips bus name.
> > > > > > > Refine spba bus name to fix this issue.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Fixes: 970406eaef3a ("arm64: dts: imx8mn: Enable Asynchronous
> > > > > > > Sample Rate Converter")
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <[email-masked]>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi | 2 +-
> > > > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi
> > > > > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi
> > > > > > > index fd669c0f3fe5..30762eb4f0a7 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi
> > > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn.dtsi
> > > > > > > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ aips1: bus@30000000 {
> > > > > > >                     #size-cells = <1>;
> > > > > > >                     ranges;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -                   spba: bus@30000000 {
> > > > > > > +                   spba: spba-bus@30000000 {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The proper node name is "bus" so basically you introduce wrong
> > > > > > name to other problem.  Introducing wrong names at least requires a
> > comment.
> > > > >
> > > > > I just noticed that my message was barely understandable... so let me
> > fix it:
> > > > >
> > > > > The proper node name is "bus" so basically you introduce wrong
> > > > > name to _fix_ other problem.  Introducing wrong names at least
> > requires a comment.
> > > > >
> > > > > > However the actual problem here is not in node names but in
> > addresses:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >       aips1: bus@30000000 {
> > > > > >               spba: bus@30000000 {
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You have to devices with the same unit address. How do you share
> > > > > > the address space?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think this should be rather fixed.
> > > > >
> > > > > And again, hungry keyboard ate a letter, so:
> > > > >
> > > > > You have _two_ devices with the same unit address. How do you
> > > > > share the address space?
> > > > > I think this should be rather fixed.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > spba is the first block of aips1 space, so it has same start address
> > > > as aips1.
> > >
> > > The reference manual describes it "Reserved for SDMA2 internal
> > > memory", so indeed it is first address but does it have to be mapped?
> > > Anyway, why don't you use ranges to remove the conflict?
> > 
> > The IO address space remapping could be a solution but there is another
> > problem - the hardware representation in DT does not match what reference
> > manual is saying.
> > 
> > The AIPS bus @30000000 has several IPs:
> >  - SAI2@30020000
> >  - ...
> >  - GPIO1@30200000
> > 
> > However in DTS you will find additional SPBA bus for 30000000 - 300c0000.
> > It's not really the SDMA, as SDMA is at different address. It is rather an
> > address space which SDMA should map... but it is not a bus with children.
> > Adding spba-bus@30000000 with its children does not look like correct
> > representation of HW in DTS.
> > 
> 
> In the RM, it says AIPS-1 (s_b_1, via SPBA) Glob. Module Enable.
> Range is (30000000 - 300FFFFF)

No, AIPS-1 is till 303F_FFFF.

> 
> SPBA is a sub-bus under AIPS1. The SAI2@30020000 -  ASRC@300c0000
> Are the devices under SPBA bus.

Where did you find SPBA bus description in the Reference Manual?

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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