Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: k3-j721e: Add ESM support

[Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis@ti.com>]

Hi Nishanth

On 03/05/23 17:32, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On 17:25-20230503, Neha Malcom Francis wrote:
>> Hi Nishanth,
>>
>> On 03/05/23 17:18, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>>> On 15:03-20230503, Neha Malcom Francis wrote:
>>>> Add address entry mapping ESM on J721E.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis@ti.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j721e.dtsi | 1 +
>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j721e.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j721e.dtsi
>>>> index b912143b6a11..52bcde601eb8 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j721e.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j721e.dtsi
>>>
>>> Why is'nt esm node introduced here?
>>>
>>
>> As it stands esm node is already in
>> arch/arm/dts/k3-j721e-r5-common-proc-board.dts in u-boot and since this
>> patch is motivated to keep the u-boot and kernel dts in sync, I haven't
>> added it here.
>>
>> Although... I could add it here similar to j7200 and take action to move to
>> the same in u-boot... maybe that is better route.
> 
> The core problem we have is that part of the hardware description is in
> u-boot and a large part is in kernel. That is wrong. eventually, we will
> drop u-boot.dtsi and r5-xyz.dts files.. This cleanup journey is towards
> that action.
> 
> we want kernel to be the canonical description of the hardware. which
> means u-boot or zephyr or something else will eventually just copy the
> kernel dts and it has information enough about the hardware to be able
> to boot.
> 
> each of the dependent ecosystems (u-boot, zephyr etc..) have a little
> bit of their own binding extensions (such as binman for u-boot), which
> is maintained in their own repos. But, the SoC hardware description,
> entirely should be available in kernel device tree.
> 
> So, please ensure esm is completely described as well.
> 

Right got it, will add the node in v5, thanks!

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Thanking You
Neha Malcom Francis