5 The device tree allows to describe the layout of CPUs in a system through
6 the "cpus" node, which in turn contains a number of subnodes (ie "cpu")
7 defining properties for every cpu.
9 Bindings for CPU nodes follow the Devicetree Specification, available from:
11 https://www.devicetree.org/specifications/
13 with updates for 32-bit and 64-bit ARM systems provided in this document.
15 ================================
16 Convention used in this document
17 ================================
19 This document follows the conventions described in the Devicetree
20 Specification, with the addition:
22 - square brackets define bitfields, eg reg[7:0] value of the bitfield in
23 the reg property contained in bits 7 down to 0
25 =====================================
26 cpus and cpu node bindings definition
27 =====================================
29 The ARM architecture, in accordance with the Devicetree Specification,
30 requires the cpus and cpu nodes to be present and contain the properties
35 Description: Container of cpu nodes
37 The node name must be "cpus".
39 A cpus node must define the following properties:
45 Definition depends on ARM architecture version and
48 # On uniprocessor ARM architectures previous to v7
49 value must be 1, to enable a simple enumeration
50 scheme for processors that do not have a HW CPU
51 identification register.
52 # On 32-bit ARM 11 MPcore, ARM v7 or later systems
53 value must be 1, that corresponds to CPUID/MPIDR
55 # On ARM v8 64-bit systems value should be set to 2,
56 that corresponds to the MPIDR_EL1 register size.
57 If MPIDR_EL1[63:32] value is equal to 0 on all CPUs
58 in the system, #address-cells can be set to 1, since
59 MPIDR_EL1[63:32] bits are not used for CPUs
64 Definition: must be set to 0
68 Description: Describes a CPU in an ARM based system
75 Definition: must be "cpu"
77 Usage and definition depend on ARM architecture version and
80 # On uniprocessor ARM architectures previous to v7
81 this property is required and must be set to 0.
83 # On ARM 11 MPcore based systems this property is
84 required and matches the CPUID[11:0] register bits.
86 Bits [11:0] in the reg cell must be set to
87 bits [11:0] in CPU ID register.
89 All other bits in the reg cell must be set to 0.
91 # On 32-bit ARM v7 or later systems this property is
92 required and matches the CPU MPIDR[23:0] register
95 Bits [23:0] in the reg cell must be set to
98 All other bits in the reg cell must be set to 0.
100 # On ARM v8 64-bit systems this property is required
101 and matches the MPIDR_EL1 register affinity bits.
103 * If cpus node's #address-cells property is set to 2
105 The first reg cell bits [7:0] must be set to
106 bits [39:32] of MPIDR_EL1.
108 The second reg cell bits [23:0] must be set to
109 bits [23:0] of MPIDR_EL1.
111 * If cpus node's #address-cells property is set to 1
113 The reg cell bits [23:0] must be set to bits [23:0]
116 All other bits in the reg cells must be set to 0.
121 Definition: should be one of:
184 "nvidia,tegra132-denver"
185 "nvidia,tegra186-denver"
190 Value type: <stringlist>
191 Usage and definition depend on ARM architecture version.
192 # On ARM v8 64-bit this property is required and must
196 # On ARM 32-bit systems this property is optional and
199 "allwinner,sun6i-a31"
200 "allwinner,sun8i-a23"
202 "amlogic,meson8b-smp"
204 "brcm,bcm11351-cpu-method"
209 "marvell,armada-375-smp"
210 "marvell,armada-380-smp"
211 "marvell,armada-390-smp"
212 "marvell,armada-xp-smp"
213 "marvell,98dx3236-smp"
214 "mediatek,mt6589-smp"
215 "mediatek,mt81xx-tz-smp"
220 "rockchip,rk3036-smp"
221 "rockchip,rk3066-smp"
225 Usage: required for systems that have an "enable-method"
226 property value of "spin-table".
227 Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
229 # On ARM v8 64-bit systems must be a two cell
230 property identifying a 64-bit zero-initialised
234 Usage: required for systems that have an "enable-method"
235 property value of "qcom,kpss-acc-v1" or
237 Value type: <phandle>
238 Definition: Specifies the SAW[1] node associated with this CPU.
241 Usage: required for systems that have an "enable-method"
242 property value of "qcom,kpss-acc-v1" or
244 Value type: <phandle>
245 Definition: Specifies the ACC[2] node associated with this CPU.
249 Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
251 # List of phandles to idle state nodes supported
258 # u32 value representing CPU capacity [4] in
259 DMIPS/MHz, relative to highest capacity-dmips-mhz
263 Usage: optional for systems that have an "enable-method"
264 property value of "rockchip,rk3066-smp"
265 While optional, it is the preferred way to get access to
266 the cpu-core power-domains.
267 Value type: <phandle>
268 Definition: Specifies the syscon node controlling the cpu core
271 - dynamic-power-coefficient
273 Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
274 Definition: A u32 value that represents the running time dynamic
275 power coefficient in units of mW/MHz/uV^2. The
276 coefficient can either be calculated from power
277 measurements or derived by analysis.
279 The dynamic power consumption of the CPU is
280 proportional to the square of the Voltage (V) and
281 the clock frequency (f). The coefficient is used to
282 calculate the dynamic power as below -
284 Pdyn = dynamic-power-coefficient * V^2 * f
286 where voltage is in uV, frequency is in MHz.
288 Example 1 (dual-cluster big.LITTLE system 32-bit):
292 #address-cells = <1>;
296 compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
302 compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
308 compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
314 compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
319 Example 2 (Cortex-A8 uniprocessor 32-bit system):
323 #address-cells = <1>;
327 compatible = "arm,cortex-a8";
332 Example 3 (ARM 926EJ-S uniprocessor 32-bit system):
336 #address-cells = <1>;
340 compatible = "arm,arm926ej-s";
345 Example 4 (ARM Cortex-A57 64-bit system):
349 #address-cells = <2>;
353 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
355 enable-method = "spin-table";
356 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
361 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
363 enable-method = "spin-table";
364 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
369 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
371 enable-method = "spin-table";
372 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
377 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
379 enable-method = "spin-table";
380 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
385 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
387 enable-method = "spin-table";
388 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
393 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
395 enable-method = "spin-table";
396 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
401 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
403 enable-method = "spin-table";
404 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
409 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
411 enable-method = "spin-table";
412 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
417 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
419 enable-method = "spin-table";
420 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
425 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
427 enable-method = "spin-table";
428 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
433 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
435 enable-method = "spin-table";
436 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
441 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
443 enable-method = "spin-table";
444 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
449 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
451 enable-method = "spin-table";
452 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
457 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
459 enable-method = "spin-table";
460 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
465 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
467 enable-method = "spin-table";
468 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
473 compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
475 enable-method = "spin-table";
476 cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
481 [1] arm/msm/qcom,saw2.txt
482 [2] arm/msm/qcom,kpss-acc.txt
483 [3] ARM Linux kernel documentation - idle states bindings
484 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt
485 [4] ARM Linux kernel documentation - cpu capacity bindings
486 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt