[PATCH v2 1/7] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: fsl,irqsteer: add S32N79 support

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Thu Mar 5 04:12:08 PST 2026


On 05/03/2026 13:02, Ciprian Marian Costea wrote:
> On 2/26/2026 9:31 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 02:38:52PM +0100, Ciprian Costea wrote:
>>> From: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea at oss.nxp.com>
>>>
>>> Add compatible string for the interrupt steering controller used in NXP
>>> S32N79 SoC.
>>>
>>> The S32N79 SoC differs from the i.MX version by not implementing the
>>> CHANCTRL register, but otherwise maintains the same programming model and
>>> register layout.
>>>
>>> Co-developed-by: Larisa Grigore <larisa.grigore at nxp.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Larisa Grigore <larisa.grigore at nxp.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea at oss.nxp.com>
>>> ---
>>>   .../devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,irqsteer.yaml   | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,irqsteer.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,irqsteer.yaml
>>> index 5c768c1e159c..caf3e4a1f26f 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,irqsteer.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/fsl,irqsteer.yaml
>>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ properties:
>>>                 - fsl,imx94-irqsteer
>>>                 - fsl,imx95-irqsteer
>>>             - const: fsl,imx-irqsteer
>>> +      - const: nxp,s32n79-irqsteer
>>
>> So that should be part of enum with the first entry.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> 
> Hello Krzysztof,
> 
> Thanks for your review. Regarding this change, I was thinking since 
> S32N79 irqsteer does not implement the 'CHANCTRL' register, it should 
> not fallback to 'fsl,imx-irqsteer'. If the driver were to match on the 
> fallback compatible, it would attempt to write to the non-existent 
> CHANCTRL register.
> 
> Am I wrong?

No clue, I did not say anything about fallbacks.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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