[PATCH] dt-bindings: mmc: brcm,iproc-sdhci: allow dma-coherent property

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Fri Mar 6 00:42:56 PST 2026


On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 08:47:03AM +0900, Lee Yongjun wrote:
> The Broadcom iProc SDHCI controller supports DMA, but its binding
> schema does not allow the 'dma-coherent' property.
> 
> As a result, dtbs_check reports the following validation errors
> on the Northstar2 SoC:
> 
>   mmc at 66420000 (brcm,sdhci-iproc-cygnus): Unevaluated properties
>   are not allowed ('dma-coherent' was unexpected)
>   mmc at 66430000 (brcm,sdhci-iproc-cygnus): Unevaluated properties
>   are not allowed ('dma-coherent' was unexpected)
> 
> Allow the 'dma-coherent' property in the schema to fix the validation
> errors and accurately reflect the hardware capability.

So is the hardware capable of coherent DMA or not? Entire commit msg is
silent about this and says how you fix warning without actually telling
us that it is a correct fix.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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