[PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: mailbox: Add AMD PL Mailbox IP
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzk at kernel.org
Thu Oct 15 02:46:42 PDT 2026
On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 02:34:23PM -0700, Ben Levinsky wrote:
> Document the AMD programmable-logic Mailbox IP used for bidirectional
> FIFO communication between two processor-facing interfaces.
>
> The same IP is used on ZynqMP, Versal, Versal NET and Versal Gen 2.
> Name each SoC in its compatible, and use amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1 as the
> fallback that drivers match.
>
> Define the transmit and receive channel indices together with the register
> aperture, interrupt, and interface clock. Describe the FIFO depth chosen
> when the IP is configured, so that the driver can size received messages
> to it.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM sparse
How sparse assists here? It's something new. Since when does it parse
yaml code?
> Signed-off-by: Ben Levinsky <ben.levinsky at amd.com>
> ---
> .../mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2cc0d106b888
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mailbox/amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: AMD Programmable Logic Mailbox IP
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Ben Levinsky <ben.levinsky at amd.com>
> +
> +description: |
> + The AMD Programmable Logic Mailbox IP provides bidirectional message passing
> + between two processor-facing interfaces. Each interface writes messages to
> + a send FIFO and reads messages from a receive FIFO. The register aperture,
> + interrupt, and clock described by a node belong to one processor-facing
> + interface. Channel 0 represents transmit and channel 1 represents receive
> + for that interface.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + oneOf:
> + - const: amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1
What is 2.1? Your SoC has different versions?
> + - items:
> + - enum:
> + - amd,versal-pl-mbox-2.1
> + - amd,versal-net-pl-mbox-2.1
> + - amd,versal2-pl-mbox-2.1
> + - const: amd,zynqmp-pl-mbox-2.1
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + interrupts:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + clocks:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + amd,mbox-pl-fifo-len:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + minimum: 16
> + maximum: 8192
> + default: 16
> + description:
> + Depth of the send and receive FIFOs in 32-bit words, as configured by
> + the C_MAILBOX_DEPTH parameter of the IP. Must match the configured
> + depth.
So you have multiple mailboxes per one soc different in this?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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