Re: [PATCH v4] dt-bindings: riscv: add starfive jh7100 bindings

[Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>]

On Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:54:16 PDT (-0700), atishp@atishpatra.org wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 1:33 PM Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:17:23 PDT (-0700), bmeng.cn@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:34 PM Drew Fustini <drew@beagleboard.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Add DT binding documentation for the StarFive JH7100 Soc [1] and the
>> >> BeagleV Starlight JH7100 board [2].
>> >>
>> >> [1] https://github.com/starfive-tech/beaglev_doc
>> >> [2] https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglev-starlight
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Drew Fustini <drew@beagleboard.org>
>> >> ---
>> >> v4 changes:
>> >> - removed JH7100 SoC revision number after discussion with Geert
>> >>
>> >> v3 changes:
>> >> - added revision number for the board and soc after question from Palmer
>> >>
>> >> v2 changes:
>> >> - removed "items:" entry that only had "const: starfive,jh7100"
>> >> - correct typo in Description:
>> >>
>> >> Results of running checks:
>> >>   $ make -j8 ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=riscv64-linux-gnu- dt_binding_check \
>> >>     DT_SCHEMA_FILES=Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> >>     CHKDT   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/processed-schema-examples.json
>> >>     DTEX    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.example.dts
>> >>     SCHEMA  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/processed-schema-examples.json
>> >>     DTC     Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.example.dt.yaml
>> >>     CHECK   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.example.dt.yaml
>> >>   $ make -j8 ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=riscv64-linux-gnu- dtbs_check \
>> >>     DT_SCHEMA_FILES=Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> >>     SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
>> >>     UPD     include/config/kernel.release
>> >>     SCHEMA  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/processed-schema.json
>> >>     DTC     arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7100-beaglev-starlight.dtb
>> >>     DTC     arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unleashed-a00.dt.yaml
>> >>     DTC     arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7100-beaglev-starlight.dt.yaml
>> >>     DTC     arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unmatched-a00.dt.yaml
>> >>     CHECK   arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unleashed-a00.dt.yaml
>> >>     CHECK   arch/riscv/boot/dts/sifive/hifive-unmatched-a00.dt.yaml
>> >>     CHECK   arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7100-beaglev-starlight.dt.yaml
>> >>
>> >> The dts file is from vendor repo and is being cleaned up right now in
>> >> preperation for submitting to the mailing list:
>> >> https://github.com/starfive-tech/linux/tree/beaglev/arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive
>> >>
>> >>  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml   | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
>> >>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>> >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> >>
>> >
>> > Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thanks.  This is on for-next, as Rob suggested taking it via the RISC-V
>> tree.
>>
> Given that beagleV starlight mass production is cancelled [1], are we
> still upstreaming the support for this ?

I'm not sure, but I wasn't quite sure where to have that discussion.  I 
figured that the boards exist so there's no reason to shoot this down, 
given that it's just the vendor DT list.  At a bare minimum there's out 
of tree support for this, so having the DT strings defined seems sane as 
that's a defacto interface with bootloaders.

Maybe this is more of a question for Drew: I think we were all OK 
working through the issues with the first-run chip when there was going 
to be a lot of them, but with such a small number produced I'm not sure 
if there's going to be enough interested to take on all that effort.  

I'm not quite sure where we stand on support for this: at some point 
there were some ideas floating around as to a way to support it without 
major software changes (allocating into the non-caching regions).  If 
that pans out then I'm fine handling this, at least from the RISC-V 
side, but if we're going to have to go through all the ISA/SBI stuff 
then it's probably not worth it.  Also not sure if there are a bunch of 
starfive-specific drivers that would be needed to make this boot, in 
which case it's probably best to wait for whatever comes next.

>
> [1] https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/07/31/beaglev-starlight-sbc-wont-be-mass-manufactured-redesigned-beaglev-risc-v-sbc-expected-in-q1-2022/
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