dt-bindings: Remove obsolete cpu-topology.txt
authorRob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:13:22 +0000 (15:13 -0500)
committerRob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:40:08 +0000 (09:40 -0500)
The cpu topology binding is now covered by the dtschema cpu-map.yaml
schema with all the relevant descriptions moved to it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250410201325.962203-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/cpu-topology.txt [deleted file]

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-===========================================
-CPU topology binding description
-===========================================
-
-===========================================
-1 - Introduction
-===========================================
-
-In a SMP system, the hierarchy of CPUs is defined through three entities that
-are used to describe the layout of physical CPUs in the system:
-
-- socket
-- cluster
-- core
-- thread
-
-The bottom hierarchy level sits at core or thread level depending on whether
-symmetric multi-threading (SMT) is supported or not.
-
-For instance in a system where CPUs support SMT, "cpu" nodes represent all
-threads existing in the system and map to the hierarchy level "thread" above.
-In systems where SMT is not supported "cpu" nodes represent all cores present
-in the system and map to the hierarchy level "core" above.
-
-CPU topology bindings allow one to associate cpu nodes with hierarchical groups
-corresponding to the system hierarchy; syntactically they are defined as device
-tree nodes.
-
-Currently, only ARM/RISC-V intend to use this cpu topology binding but it may be
-used for any other architecture as well.
-
-The cpu nodes, as per bindings defined in [4], represent the devices that
-correspond to physical CPUs and are to be mapped to the hierarchy levels.
-
-A topology description containing phandles to cpu nodes that are not compliant
-with bindings standardized in [4] is therefore considered invalid.
-
-===========================================
-2 - cpu-map node
-===========================================
-
-The ARM/RISC-V CPU topology is defined within the cpu-map node, which is a direct
-child of the cpus node and provides a container where the actual topology
-nodes are listed.
-
-- cpu-map node
-
-       Usage: Optional - On SMP systems provide CPUs topology to the OS.
-                         Uniprocessor systems do not require a topology
-                         description and therefore should not define a
-                         cpu-map node.
-
-       Description: The cpu-map node is just a container node where its
-                    subnodes describe the CPU topology.
-
-       Node name must be "cpu-map".
-
-       The cpu-map node's parent node must be the cpus node.
-
-       The cpu-map node's child nodes can be:
-
-       - one or more cluster nodes or
-       - one or more socket nodes in a multi-socket system
-
-       Any other configuration is considered invalid.
-
-The cpu-map node can only contain 4 types of child nodes:
-
-- socket node
-- cluster node
-- core node
-- thread node
-
-whose bindings are described in paragraph 3.
-
-The nodes describing the CPU topology (socket/cluster/core/thread) can
-only be defined within the cpu-map node and every core/thread in the
-system must be defined within the topology.  Any other configuration is
-invalid and therefore must be ignored.
-
-===========================================
-2.1 - cpu-map child nodes naming convention
-===========================================
-
-cpu-map child nodes must follow a naming convention where the node name
-must be "socketN", "clusterN", "coreN", "threadN" depending on the node type
-(ie socket/cluster/core/thread) (where N = {0, 1, ...} is the node number; nodes
-which are siblings within a single common parent node must be given a unique and
-sequential N value, starting from 0).
-cpu-map child nodes which do not share a common parent node can have the same
-name (ie same number N as other cpu-map child nodes at different device tree
-levels) since name uniqueness will be guaranteed by the device tree hierarchy.
-
-===========================================
-3 - socket/cluster/core/thread node bindings
-===========================================
-
-Bindings for socket/cluster/cpu/thread nodes are defined as follows:
-
-- socket node
-
-        Description: must be declared within a cpu-map node, one node
-                     per physical socket in the system. A system can
-                     contain single or multiple physical socket.
-                     The association of sockets and NUMA nodes is beyond
-                     the scope of this bindings, please refer [2] for
-                     NUMA bindings.
-
-       This node is optional for a single socket system.
-
-       The socket node name must be "socketN" as described in 2.1 above.
-       A socket node can not be a leaf node.
-
-       A socket node's child nodes must be one or more cluster nodes.
-
-       Any other configuration is considered invalid.
-
-- cluster node
-
-        Description: must be declared within a cpu-map node, one node
-                     per cluster. A system can contain several layers of
-                     clustering within a single physical socket and cluster
-                     nodes can be contained in parent cluster nodes.
-
-       The cluster node name must be "clusterN" as described in 2.1 above.
-       A cluster node can not be a leaf node.
-
-       A cluster node's child nodes must be:
-
-       - one or more cluster nodes; or
-       - one or more core nodes
-
-       Any other configuration is considered invalid.
-
-- core node
-
-       Description: must be declared in a cluster node, one node per core in
-                    the cluster. If the system does not support SMT, core
-                    nodes are leaf nodes, otherwise they become containers of
-                    thread nodes.
-
-       The core node name must be "coreN" as described in 2.1 above.
-
-       A core node must be a leaf node if SMT is not supported.
-
-       Properties for core nodes that are leaf nodes:
-
-       - cpu
-               Usage: required
-               Value type: <phandle>
-               Definition: a phandle to the cpu node that corresponds to the
-                           core node.
-
-       If a core node is not a leaf node (CPUs supporting SMT) a core node's
-       child nodes can be:
-
-       - one or more thread nodes
-
-       Any other configuration is considered invalid.
-
-- thread node
-
-       Description: must be declared in a core node, one node per thread
-                    in the core if the system supports SMT. Thread nodes are
-                    always leaf nodes in the device tree.
-
-       The thread node name must be "threadN" as described in 2.1 above.
-
-       A thread node must be a leaf node.
-
-       A thread node must contain the following property:
-
-       - cpu
-               Usage: required
-               Value type: <phandle>
-               Definition: a phandle to the cpu node that corresponds to
-                           the thread node.
-
-===========================================
-4 - Example dts
-===========================================
-
-Example 1 (ARM 64-bit, 16-cpu system, two clusters of clusters in a single
-physical socket):
-
-cpus {
-       #size-cells = <0>;
-       #address-cells = <2>;
-
-       cpu-map {
-               socket0 {
-                       cluster0 {
-                               cluster0 {
-                                       core0 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU0>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU1>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-
-                                       core1 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU2>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU3>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                               };
-
-                               cluster1 {
-                                       core0 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU4>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU5>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-
-                                       core1 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU6>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU7>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                               };
-                       };
-
-                       cluster1 {
-                               cluster0 {
-                                       core0 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU8>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU9>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                                       core1 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU10>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU11>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                               };
-
-                               cluster1 {
-                                       core0 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU12>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU13>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                                       core1 {
-                                               thread0 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU14>;
-                                               };
-                                               thread1 {
-                                                       cpu = <&CPU15>;
-                                               };
-                                       };
-                               };
-                       };
-               };
-       };
-
-       CPU0: cpu@0 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x0>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU1: cpu@1 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x1>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU2: cpu@100 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x100>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU3: cpu@101 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x101>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU4: cpu@10000 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x10000>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU5: cpu@10001 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x10001>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU6: cpu@10100 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x10100>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU7: cpu@10101 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x0 0x10101>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU8: cpu@100000000 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x0>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU9: cpu@100000001 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x1>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU10: cpu@100000100 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x100>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU11: cpu@100000101 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x101>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU12: cpu@100010000 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x10000>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU13: cpu@100010001 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x10001>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU14: cpu@100010100 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x10100>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-
-       CPU15: cpu@100010101 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a57";
-               reg = <0x1 0x10101>;
-               enable-method = "spin-table";
-               cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
-       };
-};
-
-Example 2 (ARM 32-bit, dual-cluster, 8-cpu system, no SMT):
-
-cpus {
-       #size-cells = <0>;
-       #address-cells = <1>;
-
-       cpu-map {
-               cluster0 {
-                       core0 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU0>;
-                       };
-                       core1 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU1>;
-                       };
-                       core2 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU2>;
-                       };
-                       core3 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU3>;
-                       };
-               };
-
-               cluster1 {
-                       core0 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU4>;
-                       };
-                       core1 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU5>;
-                       };
-                       core2 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU6>;
-                       };
-                       core3 {
-                               cpu = <&CPU7>;
-                       };
-               };
-       };
-
-       CPU0: cpu@0 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
-               reg = <0x0>;
-       };
-
-       CPU1: cpu@1 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
-               reg = <0x1>;
-       };
-
-       CPU2: cpu@2 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
-               reg = <0x2>;
-       };
-
-       CPU3: cpu@3 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
-               reg = <0x3>;
-       };
-
-       CPU4: cpu@100 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
-               reg = <0x100>;
-       };
-
-       CPU5: cpu@101 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
-               reg = <0x101>;
-       };
-
-       CPU6: cpu@102 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
-               reg = <0x102>;
-       };
-
-       CPU7: cpu@103 {
-               device_type = "cpu";
-               compatible = "arm,cortex-a7";
-               reg = <0x103>;
-       };
-};
-
-Example 3: HiFive Unleashed (RISC-V 64 bit, 4 core system)
-
-{
-       #address-cells = <2>;
-       #size-cells = <2>;
-       compatible = "sifive,fu540g", "sifive,fu500";
-       model = "sifive,hifive-unleashed-a00";
-
-       ...
-       cpus {
-               #address-cells = <1>;
-               #size-cells = <0>;
-               cpu-map {
-                       socket0 {
-                               cluster0 {
-                                       core0 {
-                                               cpu = <&CPU1>;
-                                       };
-                                       core1 {
-                                               cpu = <&CPU2>;
-                                       };
-                                       core2 {
-                                               cpu0 = <&CPU2>;
-                                       };
-                                       core3 {
-                                               cpu0 = <&CPU3>;
-                                       };
-                               };
-                       };
-               };
-
-               CPU1: cpu@1 {
-                       device_type = "cpu";
-                       compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
-                       reg = <0x1>;
-               }
-
-               CPU2: cpu@2 {
-                       device_type = "cpu";
-                       compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
-                       reg = <0x2>;
-               }
-               CPU3: cpu@3 {
-                       device_type = "cpu";
-                       compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
-                       reg = <0x3>;
-               }
-               CPU4: cpu@4 {
-                       device_type = "cpu";
-                       compatible = "sifive,rocket0", "riscv";
-                       reg = <0x4>;
-               }
-       }
-};
-===============================================================================
-[1] ARM Linux kernel documentation
-    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.yaml
-[2] Devicetree NUMA binding description
-    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/numa.txt
-[3] RISC-V Linux kernel documentation
-    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
-[4] https://www.devicetree.org/specifications/