Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/of: Convert Intel's APIC bindings to YAML schema

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 03:39:07PM +0800, Rahul Tanwar wrote:
> Intel's APIC family of interrupt controllers support local APIC
> (lapic) & I/O APIC (ioapic). Convert existing bindings for lapic
> & ioapic from text to YAML schema. Separate lapic & ioapic schemas.
> Addditionally, add description which was missing in text file and
> add few more required standard properties which were also missing
> in text file.

...

> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: "http://devicetree.org/schemas/interrupt-controller/intel,ce4100-ioapic.yaml#"
> +$schema: "http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#"
> +
> +title: Intel I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IO APIC)

> +maintainers:
> +  - Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

I'm not sure, you need to have a confirmation before putting someone's name here.
Yours is easier to add.

> +description: |
> +  Intel's Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a
> +  family of interrupt controllers. The APIC is a split
> +  architecture design, with a local component (LAPIC) integrated
> +  into the processor itself and an external I/O APIC. Local APIC
> +  (lapic) receives interrupts from the processor's interrupt pins,
> +  from internal sources and from an external I/O APIC (ioapic).
> +  And it sends these to the processor core for handling.

> +  See https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf

Dunno if schema has special format for data sheet links...

> +  Chapter 8 for more details.
> +
> +  Many of the Intel's generic devices like hpet, ioapic, lapic have
> +  the ce4100 name in their compatible property names because they

> +  first appeared in CE4100 SoC. See bindings/x86/ce4100.txt for more

Shouldn't you change this?

> +  details on it.
> +
> +  This schema defines bindings for I/O APIC interrupt controller.

...

> +maintainers:
> +  - Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> +
> +
> +description: |
> +  Intel's Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a
> +  family of interrupt controllers. The APIC is a split
> +  architecture design, with a local component (LAPIC) integrated
> +  into the processor itself and an external I/O APIC. Local APIC
> +  (lapic) receives interrupts from the processor's interrupt pins,
> +  from internal sources and from an external I/O APIC (ioapic).
> +  And it sends these to the processor core for handling.
> +  See https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/ia32/IA32-3A.pdf
> +  Chapter 8 for more details.
> +
> +  Many of the Intel's generic devices like hpet, ioapic, lapic have
> +  the ce4100 name in their compatible property names because they
> +  first appeared in CE4100 SoC. See bindings/x86/ce4100.txt for more
> +  details on it.
> +
> +  This schema defines bindings for local APIC interrupt controller.

Same two comments as per above.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko