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Qualcomm Shared Memory State Machine

The Shared Memory State Machine facilitates broadcasting of single bit state
information between the processors in a Qualcomm SoC. Each processor is
assigned 32 bits of state that can be modified. A processor can through a
matrix of bitmaps signal subscription of notifications upon changes to a
certain bit owned by a certain remote processor.

- compatible:
	Usage: required
	Value type: <string>
	Definition: must be one of:
		    "qcom,smsm"

- qcom,ipc-N:
	Usage: required
	Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
	Definition: three entries specifying the outgoing ipc bit used for
		    signaling the N:th remote processor
		    - phandle to a syscon node representing the apcs registers
		    - u32 representing offset to the register within the syscon
		    - u32 representing the ipc bit within the register

- qcom,local-host:
	Usage: optional
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: identifier of the local processor in the list of hosts, or
		    in other words specifier of the column in the subscription
		    matrix representing the local processor
		    defaults to host 0

- #address-cells:
	Usage: required
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: must be 1

- #size-cells:
	Usage: required
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: must be 0

= SUBNODES
Each processor's state bits are described by a subnode of the smsm device node.
Nodes can either be flagged as an interrupt-controller to denote a remote
processor's state bits or the local processors bits.  The node names are not
important.

- reg:
	Usage: required
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: specifies the offset, in words, of the first bit for this
		    entry

- #qcom,smem-state-cells:
	Usage: required for local entry
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: must be 1 - denotes bit number

- interrupt-controller:
	Usage: required for remote entries
	Value type: <empty>
	Definition: marks the entry as a interrupt-controller and the state bits
		    to belong to a remote processor

- #interrupt-cells:
	Usage: required for remote entries
	Value type: <u32>
	Definition: must be 2 - denotes bit number and IRQ flags

- interrupts:
	Usage: required for remote entries
	Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
	Definition: one entry specifying remote IRQ used by the remote processor
		    to signal changes of its state bits


= EXAMPLE
The following example shows the SMEM setup for controlling properties of the
wireless processor, defined from the 8974 apps processor's point-of-view. It
encompasses one outbound entry and the outgoing interrupt for the wireless
processor.

smsm {
	compatible = "qcom,smsm";

	#address-cells = <1>;
	#size-cells = <0>;

	qcom,ipc-3 = <&apcs 8 19>;

	apps_smsm: apps@0 {
		reg = <0>;

		#qcom,smem-state-cells = <1>;
	};

	wcnss_smsm: wcnss@7 {
		reg = <7>;
		interrupts = <0 144 1>;

		interrupt-controller;
		#interrupt-cells = <2>;
	};
};