On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 05:59:07PM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Frederic,
>
> Could you cc the devicetree list, please?
>
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 07:21:25PM +0800, Frederic Chen wrote:
> > This patch adds the binding for describing the shared memory
> > used to exchange configuration and tuning data between the
> > co-processor and Digital Image Processing (DIP) unit of the
> > camera ISP system on Mediatek SoCs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Frederic Chen <frederic.c...@mediatek.com>
> > ---
> > .../mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem.txt | 45
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem.txt
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem.txt
> >
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..0ded478
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> > +Mediatek DIP Shared Memory binding
> > +
> > +This binding describes the shared memory, which serves the purpose of
> > +describing the shared memory region used to exchange data between Digital
> > +Image Processing (DIP) and co-processor in Mediatek SoCs.
> > +
> > +The co-processor doesn't have the iommu so we need to use the physical
> > +address to access the shared buffer in the firmware.
> > +
> > +The Digital Image Processing (DIP) can access memory through mt8183 IOMMU
> > so
> > +it can use dma address to access the memory region.
> > +(See iommu/mediatek,iommu.txt for the detailed description of Mediatek
> > IOMMU)
>
> What kind of purpose is the memory used for? Buffers containing video data,
> or something else? Could the buffer objects be mapped on the devices
> based on the need instead?
And could CMA be used when physically contiguous memory is needed ?
> > +
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +
> > +- compatible: must be "mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem"
> > +
> > +- reg: required for static allocation (see reserved-memory.txt for
> > + the detailed usage)
> > +
> > +- alloc-range: required for dynamic allocation. The range must
> > + between 0x00000400 and 0x100000000 due to the co-processer's
> > + addressing limitation
> > +
> > +- size: required for dynamic allocation. The unit is bytes.
> > + If you want to enable the full feature of Digital Processing Unit,
> > + you need 20 MB at least.
> > +
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +The following example shows the DIP shared memory setup for MT8183.
> > +
> > + reserved-memory {
> > + #address-cells = <2>;
> > + #size-cells = <2>;
> > + ranges;
> > + reserve-memory-isp_smem {
> > + compatible = "mediatek,reserve-memory-dip_smem";
> > + size = <0 0x1400000>;
> > + alignment = <0 0x1000>;
> > + alloc-ranges = <0 0x40000000 0 0x50000000>;
> > + };
> > + };
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
