[PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: firmware: Add binding for SMBIOS /chosen properties

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 at 09:41, adriana <adriana at arista.com> wrote:
>
> From: Adriana Nicolae <adriana at arista.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Adriana Nicolae <adriana at arista.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b78d8ec6025f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +# Copyright 2025 Arista Networks
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/firmware/linux,smbios-table.yaml#

Should the file name reflect the property? I.e., linux,smbios3-table.yaml

> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Memory location for SMBIOS table
> +
> +description: |
> +  This property is used in the /chosen node to pass the physical address
> +  of SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) or DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
> +  tables from firmware to the kernel. This is typically used on non-EFI
> +  platforms like ARM/ARM64.
> +

'like ARM/ARM64' is both unnecessary and inaccurate, so better to drop it.

> +maintainers:
> +  - Adriana Nicolae <adriana at arista.com>
> +  - Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>
> +
> +properties:
> +  linux,smbios3-table:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint64
> +    description:
> +      The 64-bit physical address of the SMBIOSv3 entry point structure.
> +
> +additionalProperties: true
> --
> 2.51.0
>