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index ae49161e478a..39844cd0bcce 100644
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@@ -80,12 +80,17 @@ but also control clock generators, voltage regulators, gather
environmental data like temperature, power consumption etc. Even
the video output switch (FPGA) is controlled that way.
-Nodes describing devices controlled by this infrastructure should
-point at the bridge device node:
+The controllers are not mapped into normal memory address space
+and must be accessed through bridges - other devices capable
+of generating transactions on the configuration bus.
+
+The nodes describing configuration controllers must define
+the following properties:
+- compatible value:
+ compatible = "arm,vexpress,config-bus";
- bridge phandle:
arm,vexpress,config-bridge = <phandle>;
-This property can be also defined in a parent node (eg. for a DCC)
-and is effective for all children.
+and children describing available functions.
Platform topology
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ Example of a VE tile description (simplified)
};
dcc {
- compatible = "simple-bus";
+ compatible = "arm,vexpress,config-bus";
arm,vexpress,config-bridge = <&v2m_sysreg>;
osc@0 {