[PATCH v3 0/5] allwinner: a523: Add power controllers

Ulf Hansson ulf.hansson at linaro.org
Tue Jul 15 07:08:57 PDT 2025


On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 at 09:40, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> This is v3 of my A523 power controllers series.
>
> Changes since v2:
> - pck600 driver:
>   - Fixed whitespace issue
>   - Added explanation about possible PCK-600 lineage and document
>     references to driver
>   - Changed Kconfig option to tristate
>   - Rewrote Kconfig option help text to make it clear that the driver
>     is required for certain peripherals to work
>   - Made it depend on ARCH_SUNXI or COMPILE_TEST
>   - Made it enabled by default for ARCH_SUNXI
>   - Renamed PPU_PWSR_PWR_STATUS to PPU_PWR_STATUS, and added a comment
>     to note the macro is shared between two registers
> - New patch changing sun20i-ppu driver to tristate, and enable by
>   default for ARCH_SUNXI
> - Fixed pck-600 header path in dtsi file
> - Link to v2:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250709155343.3765227-1-wens@kernel.org/
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Re-order compatible string entries
> - Fix name of header file to match compatible string
> - Link to v1:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250627152918.2606728-1-wens@kernel.org/
>
> This series adds the power controllers found in the Allwinner A523
> family of SoCs. There are two power controllers. One is the same type
> as those found in the D1 SoC, just with a different number of valid
> power domains. The second is (I assume) a unit based on ARM's PCK-600
> power controller. Some of the registers and values match up, but there
> are extra registers for delay controls in the PCK-600's reserved
> register range.
>
> Patch 1 adds new compatible string entries for both of these
> controllers.
>
> Patch 2 adds support for the A523 PPU to the existing D1 PPU driver.
>
> Patch 3 adds a new driver of the PCK-600 unit in the A523 SoC.
>
> Patch 4 aligns Kconfig dependencies and default for SUN20I_PPU with the
> new PCK-600 driver.
>
> Patch 5 adds device nodes for both of these controllers.
>
>
> Please have a look. The power controllers are critical for enabling more
> peripherals, such as display output, camera input, video codecs, the NPU,
> and a second DWMAC-compatible ethernet interface.
>
>
> Thanks
> ChenYu
>
>
> Chen-Yu Tsai (5):
>   dt-bindings: power: Add A523 PPU and PCK600 power controllers
>   pmdomain: sunxi: sun20i-ppu: add A523 support
>   pmdomain: sunxi: add driver for Allwinner A523's PCK-600 power
>     controller
>   pmdomain: sunxi: sun20i-ppu: change to tristate and enable for
>     ARCH_SUNXI
>   arm64: dts: allwinner: a523: Add power controller device nodes
>
>  .../power/allwinner,sun20i-d1-ppu.yaml        |   4 +-
>  .../arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun55i-a523.dtsi |  18 ++
>  drivers/pmdomain/sunxi/Kconfig                |  19 +-
>  drivers/pmdomain/sunxi/Makefile               |   1 +
>  drivers/pmdomain/sunxi/sun20i-ppu.c           |  17 ++
>  drivers/pmdomain/sunxi/sun55i-pck600.c        | 234 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../power/allwinner,sun55i-a523-pck-600.h     |  15 ++
>  .../power/allwinner,sun55i-a523-ppu.h         |  12 +
>  8 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/pmdomain/sunxi/sun55i-pck600.c
>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/power/allwinner,sun55i-a523-pck-600.h
>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/power/allwinner,sun55i-a523-ppu.h
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>

Patch 1->4 applied for next (the dt patch is also available on the
immutable dt branch), thanks!

Kind regards
Uffe



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