[PATCH] arm64: dts: aspeed: Fix duplicate pinctrl labels and address scheme
Andrew Jeffery
andrew at codeconstruct.com.au
Fri Jun 12 01:33:27 PDT 2026
From: Ryan Chen <ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com>
A report from shashiko-bot highlighted some concerns concurrent to
application of the series[1].
Fix duplicate pinctrl_tach{0-15} and pinctrl_n{cts,dcd,dsr,ri}5 labels
in aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi. These didn't cause errors from dtc
because dtc accepts duplicate labels for duplicate nodes specified
through a node reference[2].
Drop the cpu-index from secondary/tertiary container nodes: reduce
the "#address-cells" from 2 to 1 and update unit-addresses and reg
accordingly. The 2-cell scheme was proposed in an early mailing list
sketch to prompt discussion[3], but the design evolved in ways that made
it unnecessary.
Also remove URL comments from the DTS. The links were to comments in
the kernel sources with discussion justifying the approach, but are not
necessary to carry forward.
[arj: Extend discussion in the commit message]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260609025708.ADBFE1F00893@smtp.kernel.org/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b226339bb2abe42ce23e90eadbc654b426131083.camel@codeconstruct.com.au/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1a2ca78746e00c2ec4bfc2953a897c48376ed36f.camel@codeconstruct.com.au/ [3]
Suggested-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew at codeconstruct.com.au>
Fixes: e77bb5dc5759 ("arm64: dts: aspeed: Add initial AST27xx SoC device tree")
Signed-off-by: Ryan Chen <ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611-dtsi_fix-v1-1-ef2b7cd86d6d@aspeedtech.com
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew at codeconstruct.com.au>
---
Hello SoC maintainers,
Here's a patch containing Ryan's fixes for issues in the report from
sashiko-bot linked in the commit message. The series in question was
inadvertently sent to soc@ before consensus had been reached through
review, and applied to soc/dt concurrent to some of the discussion on
the list.
Thanks,
Andrew
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-a35.dtsi | 14 ++-
.../boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi | 102 ---------------------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-a35.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-a35.dtsi
index ef283d95649a..58193c3c3696 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-a35.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-a35.dtsi
@@ -84,32 +84,30 @@ l2: l2-cache0 {
};
secondary {
- #address-cells = <2>;
- /* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/of/address.c?h=v6.16#n491 */
+ #address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
- /* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/of/address.c?h=v6.16#n430 */
- ssp_nvic: interrupt-controller at 1,e000e100 {
+ ssp_nvic: interrupt-controller at e000e100 {
compatible = "arm,v7m-nvic";
#interrupt-cells = <2>;
#address-cells = <0>;
interrupt-controller;
- reg = <1 0xe000e100>;
+ reg = <0xe000e100>;
arm,num-irq-priority-bits = <3>;
status = "disabled";
};
};
tertiary {
- #address-cells = <2>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
- tsp_nvic: interrupt-controller at 2,e000e100 {
+ tsp_nvic: interrupt-controller at e000e100 {
compatible = "arm,v7m-nvic";
#interrupt-cells = <2>;
#address-cells = <0>;
interrupt-controller;
- reg = <2 0xe000e100>;
+ reg = <0xe000e100>;
arm,num-irq-priority-bits = <3>;
status = "disabled";
};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi
index 72d93323593d..6edf14617b09 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-g7-soc1-pinctrl.dtsi
@@ -496,87 +496,6 @@ pinctrl_hvi3c15_default: hvi3c15-default-state {
function = "I3C15";
groups = "HVI3C15";
};
-
- pinctrl_tach0_default: tach0-default-state {
- function = "TACH0";
- groups = "TACH0";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach1_default: tach1-default-state {
- function = "TACH1";
- groups = "TACH1";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach2_default: tach2-default-state {
- function = "TACH2";
- groups = "TACH2";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach3_default: tach3-default-state {
- function = "TACH3";
- groups = "TACH3";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach4_default: tach4-default-state {
- function = "TACH4";
- groups = "TACH4";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach5_default: tach5-default-state {
- function = "TACH5";
- groups = "TACH5";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach6_default: tach6-default-state {
- function = "TACH6";
- groups = "TACH6";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach7_default: tach7-default-state {
- function = "TACH7";
- groups = "TACH7";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach8_default: tach8-default-state {
- function = "TACH8";
- groups = "TACH8";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach9_default: tach9-default-state {
- function = "TACH9";
- groups = "TACH9";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach10_default: tach10-default-state {
- function = "TACH10";
- groups = "TACH10";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach11_default: tach11-default-state {
- function = "TACH11";
- groups = "TACH11";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach12_default: tach12-default-state {
- function = "TACH12";
- groups = "TACH12";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach13_default: tach13-default-state {
- function = "TACH13";
- groups = "TACH13";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach14_default: tach14-default-state {
- function = "TACH14";
- groups = "TACH14";
- };
-
- pinctrl_tach15_default: tach15-default-state {
- function = "TACH15";
- groups = "TACH15";
- };
-
pinctrl_thru0_default: thru0-default-state {
function = "THRU0";
groups = "THRU0";
@@ -940,27 +859,6 @@ pinctrl_uart3_default: uart3-default-state {
function = "UART3";
groups = "UART3";
};
-
- pinctrl_ncts5_default: ncts5-default-state {
- function = "NCTS5";
- groups = "NCTS5";
- };
-
- pinctrl_ndcd5_default: ndcd5-default-state {
- function = "NDCD5";
- groups = "NDCD5";
- };
-
- pinctrl_ndsr5_default: ndsr5-default-state {
- function = "NDSR5";
- groups = "NDSR5";
- };
-
- pinctrl_nri5_default: nri5-default-state {
- function = "NRI5";
- groups = "NRI5";
- };
-
pinctrl_ndtr5_default: ndtr5-default-state {
function = "NDTR5";
groups = "NDTR5";
---
base-commit: 564edaca14861ba9e58d4e646d272c677296d285
change-id: 20260612-aspeed-arm64-dt-942a86cbed33
Best regards,
--
Andrew Jeffery <andrew at codeconstruct.com.au>
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