[PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: dma: arm-dma350: update DT binding docs for cix sky1 SoC
Robin Murphy
robin.murphy at arm.com
Tue Dec 16 04:43:07 PST 2025
On 2025-12-16 12:30 pm, Jun Guo wrote:
> Add SoC-specific compatible strings to the DT binding documents to support
> cix sky1 SoC.
>
> When adding support for a new SoC that uses the arm dma controller,
> future contributors should be encouraged to actually add SoC-specific
> compatible strings. The use of the "arm,dma-350" compatible string in
> isolation should be disallowed.
No, you've missed the point - however many channels the hardware
implements, the DT should list that many interrupt specifiers; it
doesn't matter whether any of them happen to be the same.
Thanks,
Robin.
> Signed-off-by: Jun Guo <jun.guo at cixtech.com>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml | 31 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
> index 429f682f15d8..78bcc7f9aa8b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
> @@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ allOf:
>
> properties:
> compatible:
> - const: arm,dma-350
> + oneOf:
> + - items:
> + - enum:
> + - cix,sky1-dma-350
> + - const: arm,dma-350
>
> reg:
> items:
> @@ -22,15 +26,22 @@ properties:
>
> interrupts:
> minItems: 1
> - items:
> - - description: Channel 0 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 1 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 2 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 3 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 4 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 5 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 6 interrupt
> - - description: Channel 7 interrupt
> + maxItems: 8
> + description: |
> + The DMA controller may be configured with separate interrupts for each channel,
> + or with a single combined interrupt for all channels, depending on the SoC integration.
> + oneOf:
> + - items:
> + - description: Channel 0 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 1 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 2 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 3 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 4 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 5 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 6 interrupt
> + - description: Channel 7 interrupt
> + - items:
> + - description: Combined interrupt shared by all channels
>
> "#dma-cells":
> const: 1
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