[PATCH v6 13/19] dt-bindings: dma: ti: Add K3 BCDMA V2

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Thu Apr 30 00:29:05 PDT 2026


On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 02:21:42PM +0530, Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi wrote:
> New binding document for

I don't see improvements.

> Texas Instruments K3 Block Copy DMA (BCDMA) V2.
> 
> BCDMA V2 is introduced as part of AM62L.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi <s-adivi at ti.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml  | 121 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 121 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..28dcfce5633ce
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +# Copyright (C) 2024-25 Texas Instruments Incorporated
> +# Author: Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi <s-adivi at ti.com>
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/ti/ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Texas Instruments K3 DMSS BCDMA V2
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi <s-adivi at ti.com>
> +
> +description:
> +  The BCDMA V2 is intended to perform similar functions as the TR
> +  mode channels of K3 UDMA-P.
> +  BCDMA V2 includes block copy channels and Split channels.
> +
> +  Block copy channels mainly used for memory to memory transfers, but with
> +  optional triggers a block copy channel can service peripherals by accessing
> +  directly to memory mapped registers or area.
> +
> +  Split channels can be used to service PSI-L based peripherals.
> +  The peripherals can be PSI-L native or legacy, non PSI-L native peripherals
> +  with PDMAs. PDMA is tasked to act as a bridge between the PSI-L fabric and the
> +  legacy peripheral.
> +
> +allOf:
> +  - $ref: /schemas/dma/dma-controller.yaml#
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: ti,am62l-dmss-bcdma
> +
> +  reg:
> +    items:
> +      - description: BCDMA Control & Status Registers region
> +      - description: Block Copy Channel Realtime Registers region
> +      - description: Channel Realtime Registers region
> +      - description: Ring Realtime Registers region
> +
> +  reg-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: gcfg
> +      - const: bchanrt
> +      - const: chanrt
> +      - const: ringrt
> +
> +  "#address-cells":
> +    const: 0

Why do you need address-cells?

> +
> +  "#dma-cells":
> +    const: 4
> +    description: |
> +      cell 1: Trigger type for the channel
> +        0 - disable / no trigger
> +        1 - internal channel event
> +        2 - external signal
> +        3 - timer manager event
> +
> +      cell 2: parameter for the trigger:
> +        if cell 1 is 0 (disable / no trigger):
> +          Unused, ignored
> +        if cell 1 is 1 (internal channel event):
> +          channel number whose TR event should trigger the current channel.
> +        if cell 1 is 2 or 3 (external signal or timer manager event):
> +          index of global interfaces that come into the DMA.
> +
> +          Please refer to the device documentation for global interface indexes.
> +
> +      cell 3: Channel number for the peripheral
> +
> +        Please refer to the device documentation for the channel map.
> +
> +      cell 4: ASEL value for the channel
> +
> +  interrupts:
> +    minItems: 1
> +    maxItems: 144
> +    description:
> +      Interrupts for DMA channels.

And interrupts are flexible because?

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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