On ARM-based systems the Generic Interrupt Controller (GIC)
manages interrupts on the system. Each interrupt is identified
in the GIC by an interrupt identifier (INTID). ACPI GSIVs map
one to one to GIC INTIDs for peripheral interrupts, whether
shared (SPI) or private (PPI). The GIC distributor provides
the routing configuration for the interrupts.
The GIC Distributor (GICD) structure is part of the Multiple
APIC Description Table (MADT) that describes the GIC
distributor to the OS. The MADT table is a mandatory table
required for booting a standards-based operating system.
The GIC Distributor information is described in the platform
Device Tree, the bindings for which can be found at:
- linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/
arm,gic.yaml
- linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/
arm,gic-v3.yaml
The FdtHwInfoParser implements a GIC Distributor Parser that
parses the platform Device Tree to create CM_ARM_GICD_INFO
object which is encapsulated in a Configuration Manager
descriptor object and added to the platform information
repository.
The platform Configuration Manager can then utilise this
information when generating the MADT table.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <Pierre.Gondois@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Sami Mujawar <sami.mujawar@arm.com>
Pierre Gondois