[PATCH v1 07/15] arm64: dts: freescale: imx8mn-var-som: Rework WiFi/BT and add legacy dts
Stefano Radaelli
stefano.radaelli21 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 01:45:54 PDT 2026
From: Stefano Radaelli <stefano.r at variscite.com>
The VAR-SOM-MX8MN currently integrates the NXP IW61x wireless module,
providing WiFi over SDIO and Bluetooth over UART.
Move the wireless module configuration out of the base
imx8mn-var-som.dtsi and provide dedicated variant includes.
The IW61x configuration is moved to imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi
and used by the Symphony evaluation board device tree.
A separate imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi include is added to keep
the configuration for the legacy Broadcom SDIO WiFi module used on
earlier SOM revisions.
To preserve compatibility with older SOM revisions, add a separate
imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dtb, which disables the IW61x setup and
applies the Broadcom-specific configuration.
The Broadcom-based SOM revision is no longer in production, but support
is kept for existing users.
This keeps the VAR-SOM-MX8MN support aligned with the existing
VAR-SOM-MX8MM implementation.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Radaelli <stefano.r at variscite.com>
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile | 1 +
.../imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dts | 19 ++++++++
.../dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts | 1 +
.../imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi | 12 +++++
.../imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
.../boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som.dtsi | 6 ---
6 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dts
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
index 430085123b4e..bdd3818d6e79 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx8mn-solidsense-n8-compact.dtb
DTC_FLAGS_imx8mn-solidsense-n8-compact += -@
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx8mn-tqma8mqnl-mba8mx.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dtb
+dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx8mn-venice-gw7902.dtb
imx8mn-vhip4-evalboard-v1-overlay-ksz8794-dtbs := imx8mn-vhip4-evalboard-v1.dtb \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5998ebcef474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony-legacy.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Variscite Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include "imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts"
+#include "imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi"
+
+&bluetooth_iw61x {
+ status = "disabled";
+};
+
+&iw61x_pwrseq {
+ status = "disabled";
+};
+
+&usdhc1 {
+ /delete-property/ mmc-pwrseq;
+};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts
index 520aff23e587..53130b521b5b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-symphony.dts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
#include <dt-bindings/usb/pd.h>
#include "imx8mn-var-som.dtsi"
+#include "imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi"
/ {
model = "Variscite VAR-SOM-MX8MN Symphony evaluation board";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f44a846ea6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-brcm-legacy.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Variscite Ltd.
+ */
+
+/* WIFI */
+&usdhc1 {
+ brcmf: wifi at 1 {
+ reg = <1>;
+ compatible = "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
+ };
+};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb4b282a25b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som-wifi-bt-iw61x.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Variscite Ltd.
+ */
+
+/ {
+ iw61x_pwrseq: wifi-pwrseq {
+ compatible = "mmc-pwrseq-simple";
+ post-power-on-delay-ms = <100>;
+ power-off-delay-us = <10000>;
+ reset-gpios = <&gpio2 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, /* WIFI_RESET */
+ <&gpio2 20 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* WIFI_PWR_EN */
+ };
+};
+
+&uart2 {
+ pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart2>, <&pinctrl_bt>;
+
+ bluetooth_iw61x: bluetooth {
+ compatible = "nxp,88w8987-bt";
+ };
+};
+
+/* WIFI */
+&usdhc1 {
+ pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_usdhc1>, <&pinctrl_wifi>;
+ pinctrl-1 = <&pinctrl_usdhc1_100mhz>, <&pinctrl_wifi>;
+ pinctrl-2 = <&pinctrl_usdhc1_200mhz>, <&pinctrl_wifi>;
+ mmc-pwrseq = <&iw61x_pwrseq>;
+};
+
+&iomuxc {
+ pinctrl_bt: bluetoothgrp {
+ fsl,pins = <
+ MX8MN_IOMUXC_SD1_DATA4_GPIO2_IO6 0xc1
+ >;
+ };
+
+ pinctrl_wifi: wifigrp {
+ fsl,pins = <
+ MX8MN_IOMUXC_SD2_WP_GPIO2_IO20 0x140
+ MX8MN_IOMUXC_SD1_RESET_B_GPIO2_IO10 0xc1
+ >;
+ };
+};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som.dtsi
index ac22dd3e6542..ff5f658b33de 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-var-som.dtsi
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ &usbotg1 {
status = "okay";
};
-/* WIFI */
&usdhc1 {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
@@ -383,11 +382,6 @@ &usdhc1 {
non-removable;
keep-power-in-suspend;
status = "okay";
-
- brcmf: wifi at 1 {
- reg = <1>;
- compatible = "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
- };
};
/* eMMC */
--
2.47.3
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