[PATCH v23 06/13] dt-bindings: arm: Document reboot mode magic

Shivendra Pratap shivendra.pratap at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Jul 23 06:33:12 PDT 2026



On 22-07-2026 22:41, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 10:46:34PM +0530, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
>> Add bindings to describe vendor-specific reboot modes. Values here
>> correspond to valid parameters to vendor-specific reset types in PSCI
>> SYSTEM_RESET2 call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shivendra Pratap <shivendra.pratap at oss.qualcomm.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
>> index 6e2e0c551841..11b90e8affb3 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
>> @@ -98,6 +98,37 @@ properties:
>>         [1] Kernel documentation - ARM idle states bindings
>>           Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml
>>   
>> +  reboot-mode:
>> +    type: object
>> +    $ref: /schemas/power/reset/reboot-mode.yaml#
>> +    additionalProperties: false
>> +    properties:
>> +      # "mode-normal" is just SYSTEM_RESET
>> +      mode-normal: false
>> +    patternProperties:
>> +      "^mode-.*$":
> 
> Since your example violates naming rules:
> 
> "^mode-[a-z0-9]+$"
> 
>> +        minItems: 1
>> +        maxItems: 3
>> +        items:
>> +          - description: arg1 (vendor-specific SYSTEM_RESET2 reset_type)
>> +            minimum: 0x80000000
>> +          - description: arg2 (cookie_lo in 2-cell form, cookie_hi in 3-cell form)
>> +          - description: arg3 (cookie_lo in 3-cell form)
>> +        description: |
>> +          Describes a PSCI SYSTEM_RESET2 vendor-specific reset type. The string
>> +          after "mode-" maps a reboot mode to a vendor-specific reset.
>> +          A vendor-specific reset takes two arguments, a 32-bit reset_type and a
>> +          64-bit cookie. The arguments are encoded as up to three 32-bit cells.
>> +          Each mode property is encoded as mode-xxx = <arg1[, arg2[, arg3]]>,
>> +          where:
>> +          - arg1 is reset_type and must be >= 0x80000000.
>> +          - In 2-cell form, arg2 is lower 32 bits of cookie.
>> +          - In 3-cell form, arg2 is high 32 bits of cookie
>> +            and arg3 is low 32 bits of cookie.
>> +
>> +          All values should be provided as per the PSCI SYSTEM_RESET2
>> +          specification.
>> +
>>   patternProperties:
>>     "^power-domain-":
>>       $ref: /schemas/power/power-domain.yaml#
>> @@ -137,6 +168,15 @@ allOf:
>>         required:
>>           - cpu_off
>>           - cpu_on
>> +  - if:
>> +      not:
>> +        properties:
>> +          compatible:
>> +            contains:
>> +              const: arm,psci-1.0
>> +    then:
>> +      properties:
>> +        reboot-mode: false
>>   
>>   additionalProperties: false
>>   
>> @@ -260,4 +300,18 @@ examples:
>>           domain-idle-states = <&cluster_ret>, <&cluster_pwrdn>;
>>         };
>>       };
>> +
>> +  - |+
>> +
>> +    // Case 5: SYSTEM_RESET2 vendor resets
>> +    psci {
>> +      compatible = "arm,psci-1.0";
>> +      method = "smc";
>> +
>> +      reboot-mode {
>> +        mode-edl = <0x80000000 0x00000001>;
>> +        mode-bootloader = <0x80010001 0x00000002>;
>> +        mode-needscookie_64 = <0x80000000 0x00000001 0x00000002>;
> 
> Don't use '_' in property names. This is a W=2 warning.

sure thanks. Will fix this.

thanks,
Shivendra



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