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-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/pl011.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/unittest.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/of_selftest.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt133
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/todo.txt1
6 files changed, 221 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed838f453f7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+The chosen node
+---------------
+
+The chosen node does not represent a real device, but serves as a place
+for passing data between firmware and the operating system, like boot
+arguments. Data in the chosen node does not represent the hardware.
+
+
+stdout-path property
+--------------------
+
+Device trees may specify the device to be used for boot console output
+with a stdout-path property under /chosen, as described in ePAPR, e.g.
+
+/ {
+ chosen {
+ stdout-path = "/serial@f00:115200";
+ };
+
+ serial@f00 {
+ compatible = "vendor,some-uart";
+ reg = <0xf00 0x10>;
+ };
+};
+
+If the character ":" is present in the value, this terminates the path.
+The meaning of any characters following the ":" is device-specific, and
+must be specified in the relevant binding documentation.
+
+For UART devices, the preferred binding is a string in the form:
+
+ <baud>{<parity>{<bits>{<flow>}}}
+
+where
+
+ baud - baud rate in decimal
+ parity - 'n' (none), 'o', (odd) or 'e' (even)
+ bits - number of data bits
+ flow - 'r' (rts)
+
+For example: 115200n8r
+
+Implementation note: Linux will look for the property "linux,stdout-path" or
+on PowerPC "stdout" if "stdout-path" is not found. However, the
+"linux,stdout-path" and "stdout" properties are deprecated. New platforms
+should only use the "stdout-path" property.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/pl011.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/pl011.txt
index 5d2e840ae65c..52464918cfe2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/pl011.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/pl011.txt
@@ -6,12 +6,34 @@ Required properties:
- interrupts: exactly one interrupt specifier
Optional properties:
-- pinctrl: When present, must have one state named "sleep"
- and one state named "default"
-- clocks: When present, must refer to exactly one clock named
+- pinctrl: When present, must have one state named "default",
+ and may contain a second name named "sleep". The former
+ state sets up pins for ordinary operation whereas
+ the latter state will put the associated pins to sleep
+ when the UART is unused
+- clocks: When present, the first clock listed must correspond to
+ the clock named UARTCLK on the IP block, i.e. the clock
+ to the external serial line, whereas the second clock
+ must correspond to the PCLK clocking the internal logic
+ of the block. Just listing one clock (the first one) is
+ deprecated.
+- clocks-names: When present, the first clock listed must be named
+ "uartclk" and the second clock listed must be named
"apb_pclk"
- dmas: When present, may have one or two dma channels.
The first one must be named "rx", the second one
must be named "tx".
See also bindings/arm/primecell.txt
+
+Example:
+
+uart@80120000 {
+ compatible = "arm,pl011", "arm,primecell";
+ reg = <0x80120000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <0 11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+ dmas = <&dma 13 0 0x2>, <&dma 13 0 0x0>;
+ dma-names = "rx", "tx";
+ clocks = <&foo_clk>, <&bar_clk>;
+ clock-names = "uartclk", "apb_pclk";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/unittest.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/unittest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f92a22fddfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/unittest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+* OF selftest platform device
+
+** selftest
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: must be "selftest"
+
+All other properties are optional.
+
+Example:
+ selftest {
+ compatible = "selftest";
+ status = "okay";
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/of_selftest.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/of_selftest.txt
index 1e3d5c92b5e3..57a808b588bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/of_selftest.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/of_selftest.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ struct device_node {
struct device_node *parent;
struct device_node *child;
struct device_node *sibling;
- struct device_node *allnext; /* next in list of all nodes */
...
};
@@ -99,12 +98,6 @@ child11 -> sibling12 -> sibling13 -> sibling14 -> null
Figure 1: Generic structure of un-flattened device tree
-*allnext: it is used to link all the nodes of DT into a list. So, for the
- above tree the list would be as follows:
-
-root->child1->child11->sibling12->sibling13->child131->sibling14->sibling2->
-child21->sibling22->sibling23->sibling3->child31->sibling32->sibling4->null
-
Before executing OF selftest, it is required to attach the test data to
machine's device tree (if present). So, when selftest_data_add() is called,
at first it reads the flattened device tree data linked into the kernel image
@@ -131,11 +124,6 @@ root ('/')
test-child01 null null null
-allnext list:
-
-root->testcase-data->test-child0->test-child01->test-sibling1->test-sibling2
-->test-sibling3->null
-
Figure 2: Example test data tree to be attached to live tree.
According to the scenario above, the live tree is already present so it isn't
@@ -204,8 +192,6 @@ detached and then moving up the parent nodes are removed, and eventually the
whole tree). selftest_data_remove() calls detach_node_and_children() that uses
of_detach_node() to detach the nodes from the live device tree.
-To detach a node, of_detach_node() first updates all_next linked list, by
-attaching the previous node's allnext to current node's allnext pointer. And
-then, it either updates the child pointer of given node's parent to its
-sibling or attaches the previous sibling to the given node's sibling, as
-appropriate. That is it :)
+To detach a node, of_detach_node() either updates the child pointer of given
+node's parent to its sibling or attaches the previous sibling to the given
+node's sibling, as appropriate. That is it :)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30ae758e3eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/overlay-notes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+Device Tree Overlay Notes
+-------------------------
+
+This document describes the implementation of the in-kernel
+device tree overlay functionality residing in drivers/of/overlay.c and is a
+companion document to Documentation/devicetree/dt-object-internal.txt[1] &
+Documentation/devicetree/dynamic-resolution-notes.txt[2]
+
+How overlays work
+-----------------
+
+A Device Tree's overlay purpose is to modify the kernel's live tree, and
+have the modification affecting the state of the the kernel in a way that
+is reflecting the changes.
+Since the kernel mainly deals with devices, any new device node that result
+in an active device should have it created while if the device node is either
+disabled or removed all together, the affected device should be deregistered.
+
+Lets take an example where we have a foo board with the following base tree
+which is taken from [1].
+
+---- foo.dts -----------------------------------------------------------------
+ /* FOO platform */
+ / {
+ compatible = "corp,foo";
+
+ /* shared resources */
+ res: res {
+ };
+
+ /* On chip peripherals */
+ ocp: ocp {
+ /* peripherals that are always instantiated */
+ peripheral1 { ... };
+ }
+ };
+---- foo.dts -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The overlay bar.dts, when loaded (and resolved as described in [2]) should
+
+---- bar.dts -----------------------------------------------------------------
+/plugin/; /* allow undefined label references and record them */
+/ {
+ .... /* various properties for loader use; i.e. part id etc. */
+ fragment@0 {
+ target = <&ocp>;
+ __overlay__ {
+ /* bar peripheral */
+ bar {
+ compatible = "corp,bar";
+ ... /* various properties and child nodes */
+ }
+ };
+ };
+};
+---- bar.dts -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+result in foo+bar.dts
+
+---- foo+bar.dts -------------------------------------------------------------
+ /* FOO platform + bar peripheral */
+ / {
+ compatible = "corp,foo";
+
+ /* shared resources */
+ res: res {
+ };
+
+ /* On chip peripherals */
+ ocp: ocp {
+ /* peripherals that are always instantiated */
+ peripheral1 { ... };
+
+ /* bar peripheral */
+ bar {
+ compatible = "corp,bar";
+ ... /* various properties and child nodes */
+ }
+ }
+ };
+---- foo+bar.dts -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+As a result of the the overlay, a new device node (bar) has been created
+so a bar platform device will be registered and if a matching device driver
+is loaded the device will be created as expected.
+
+Overlay in-kernel API
+--------------------------------
+
+The API is quite easy to use.
+
+1. Call of_overlay_create() to create and apply an overlay. The return value
+is a cookie identifying this overlay.
+
+2. Call of_overlay_destroy() to remove and cleanup the overlay previously
+created via the call to of_overlay_create(). Removal of an overlay that
+is stacked by another will not be permitted.
+
+Finally, if you need to remove all overlays in one-go, just call
+of_overlay_destroy_all() which will remove every single one in the correct
+order.
+
+Overlay DTS Format
+------------------
+
+The DTS of an overlay should have the following format:
+
+{
+ /* ignored properties by the overlay */
+
+ fragment@0 { /* first child node */
+
+ target=<phandle>; /* phandle target of the overlay */
+ or
+ target-path="/path"; /* target path of the overlay */
+
+ __overlay__ {
+ property-a; /* add property-a to the target */
+ node-a { /* add to an existing, or create a node-a */
+ ...
+ };
+ };
+ }
+ fragment@1 { /* second child node */
+ ...
+ };
+ /* more fragments follow */
+}
+
+Using the non-phandle based target method allows one to use a base DT which does
+not contain a __symbols__ node, i.e. it was not compiled with the -@ option.
+The __symbols__ node is only required for the target=<phandle> method, since it
+contains the information required to map from a phandle to a tree location.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/todo.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/todo.txt
index c3cf0659bd19..b5139d1de811 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/todo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/todo.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Todo list for devicetree:
=== General structure ===
- Switch from custom lists to (h)list_head for nodes and properties structure
-- Remove of_allnodes list and iterate using list of child nodes alone
=== CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC ===
- Switch to RCU for tree updates and get rid of global spinlock