[PATCH 5/7] arm64: dts: mediatek: mt8188: Add and use UART AP_DMA controller

AngeloGioacchino Del Regno angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com
Wed Jul 1 05:19:27 PDT 2026


This SoC has a DMA controller (AP_DMA) that provides one channel
for each data direction (transmit and receive) for all of the
UART controllers in the SoC.

In order to increase the efficiency of data TX/RX over the UART
controllers, add the UART DMA controller and assign the right
channels to each of the four UART controllers that are declared.

Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8188.dtsi | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8188.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8188.dtsi
index abf443e34112..cdc549f6c0b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8188.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8188.dtsi
@@ -1319,6 +1319,31 @@ systimer: timer at 10017000 {
 			clocks = <&clk13m>;
 		};
 
+		apdma: dma-controller at 10220880 {
+			compatible = "mediatek,mt8188-uart-dma", "mediatek,mt6835-uart-dma";
+			reg = <0 0x10220880 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220900 0 0x80>,
+			      <0 0x10220980 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220a00 0 0x80>,
+			      <0 0x10220a80 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220b00 0 0x80>,
+			      <0 0x10220b80 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220c00 0 0x80>,
+			      <0 0x10220c80 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220d00 0 0x80>,
+			      <0 0x10220d80 0 0x80>, <0 0x10220e00 0 0x80>;
+			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 174 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 175 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 176 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 177 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 178 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 179 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 180 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 181 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 182 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 183 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 184 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>,
+				     <GIC_SPI 185 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
+			clocks = <&infracfg_ao CLK_INFRA_AO_APDMA_BCLK>;
+			#dma-cells = <1>;
+			dma-requests = <12>;
+		};
+
 		pwrap: pwrap at 10024000 {
 			compatible = "mediatek,mt8188-pwrap", "mediatek,mt8195-pwrap", "syscon";
 			reg = <0 0x10024000 0 0x1000>;
@@ -1493,6 +1518,8 @@ uart0: serial at 11001100 {
 			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 141 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
 			clocks = <&clk26m>, <&infracfg_ao CLK_INFRA_AO_UART0>;
 			clock-names = "baud", "bus";
+			dmas = <&apdma 0>, <&apdma 1>;
+			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -1502,6 +1529,8 @@ uart1: serial at 11001200 {
 			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 142 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
 			clocks = <&clk26m>, <&infracfg_ao CLK_INFRA_AO_UART1>;
 			clock-names = "baud", "bus";
+			dmas = <&apdma 2>, <&apdma 3>;
+			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -1511,6 +1540,8 @@ uart2: serial at 11001300 {
 			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 143 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
 			clocks = <&clk26m>, <&infracfg_ao CLK_INFRA_AO_UART2>;
 			clock-names = "baud", "bus";
+			dmas = <&apdma 4>, <&apdma 5>;
+			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
@@ -1520,6 +1551,8 @@ uart3: serial at 11001400 {
 			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 723 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH 0>;
 			clocks = <&clk26m>, <&infracfg_ao CLK_INFRA_AO_UART3>;
 			clock-names = "baud", "bus";
+			dmas = <&apdma 6>, <&apdma 7>;
+			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
 
-- 
2.54.0




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