[PATCH v4] dt-bindings: arm: keystone: add boot_* mboxes to ti,sci
Nishanth Menon
nm at ti.com
Fri Dec 5 05:01:21 PST 2025
On 11:45-20251205, Anshul Dalal wrote:
> The bootloader on K3 devices makes use of mailboxes as per the ROM spec
> which might be different than one's available to the kernel (firmware
> spec).
>
> Therefore, this patch adds the missing mailbox entries to the DT binding
> if the matching compatible is ti,am654-sci to represent the mailboxes
> exposed by the hardware during boot for the purpose of loading the
> firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anshul Dalal <anshuld at ti.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Make new boot_* mboxes conditional on ti,am654-sci compatible
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251112-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v3-1-66155a4236dc@ti.com
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Drop [1/2] of the last patch series
> - Update existing example with boot_* mailboxes instead of adding a new one
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251112-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v2-0-aebc1e47b391@ti.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove maxItems entry
> - Remove RFC tag from patch (added by mistake in v1)
> - Document the new mailboxes in mboxes instead of mbox-names
> - Provide example with all the mailboxes set
> - Update commit title to have "ti,sci"
> - Split into two patches
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251111-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v1-1-529a27f21076@ti.com
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml | 50 +++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml
> index 25a2b42105e5..d9eb2a81e539 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml
> @@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ properties:
> minItems: 1
>
> mbox-names:
> + minItems: 2
> + maxItems: 6
> description: |
> Specifies the mailboxes used to communicate with TI-SCI Controller
> made available from TI-SCI controller.
> - items:
> - - const: rx
> - - const: tx
>
> mboxes:
> minItems: 2
> + maxItems: 6
>
> ti,host-id:
> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> @@ -79,6 +79,42 @@ properties:
> type: object
> $ref: /schemas/reset/ti,sci-reset.yaml#
>
> +if:
> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + contains:
> + const: ti,am654-sci
> +then:
> + properties:
> + mbox-names:
> + minItems: 2
> + items:
> + - const: rx
> + - const: tx
> + - const: notify
> + - const: boot_rx
> + - const: boot_tx
> + - const: boot_notify
> + mboxes:
> + minItems: 2
> + items:
> + - description: RX thread
> + - description: TX thread
> + - description: Notify thread
> + - description: boot stage RX thread
> + - description: boot stage TX thread
> + - description: boot stage Notify thread
> +else:
> + properties:
> + mbox-names:
> + items:
> + - const: rx
> + - const: tx
> + mboxes:
> + items:
> + - description: RX thread
> + - description: TX thread
> +
> required:
> - compatible
> - mbox-names
> @@ -99,11 +135,11 @@ examples:
>
> - |
> dmsc: system-controller at 44083000 {
> - compatible = "ti,k2g-sci";
> + compatible = "ti,am654-sci";
> ti,host-id = <12>;
> - mbox-names = "rx", "tx";
> - mboxes = <&secure_proxy_main 11>,
> - <&secure_proxy_main 13>;
> + mbox-names = "rx", "tx", "notify", "boot_rx", "boot_tx";
> + mboxes= <&secure_proxy_mcu 6>, <&secure_proxy_mcu 8>,
> + <&secure_proxy_mcu 5>, <&secure_proxy_mcu 5>, <&secure_proxy_mcu 4>;
> reg-names = "debug_messages";
> reg = <0x44083000 0x1000>;
Create another example. why are we dropping k2g-sci - that is still
valid and the schema must continue to support - so functions as a
validation.
However, i'd like to make sure this can handle two different patterns -
example: AM62x and j784s4.
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 4427259cc7f7571a157fbc9b5011e1ef6fe0a4a8
> change-id: 20251105-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-8452bdd98962
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Anshul Dalal <anshuld at ti.com>
>
--
Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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