[PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: i3c: xlnx: Add IBI and hot-join capability properties

[Michal Simek]

On 8/19/26 01:29, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 08:36:16PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 18/08/2026 14:02, Patil, Shubham Sanjay wrote:
>>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>>
>>> On 8/17/2026 2:20 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 05:21:53PM +0530, Shubham Patil wrote:
>>>>> In-Band Interrupt and Hot-Join are synthesis-time options of the AXI I3C
>>>>> IP. Describe them with two boolean properties.
>>>>>
>>>>> A Hot-Join request is acknowledged by the IBI machinery, so a hot-join
>>>>> capable design is always IBI capable as well. Both events are reported
>>>>> through the controller interrupt, which is therefore required whenever
>>>>> the capability is present.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Shubham Patil <shubhamsanjay.patil at amd.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    .../bindings/i3c/xlnx,axi-i3c-1.0.yaml        | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>    1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So the same SoC using this core will have different synthesis options?
>>>> IOW, why isn't this implied by a specific compatible?
>>>
>>> Yes. This core is not part of the SoC's fixed hardware: it is a design
>>> compiled into the FPGA fabric. When the core is added to a design in
>>> Vivado, IBI and Hot-Join are options that are turned on or off, so two
>>> builds -- or two instances in the same build -- can use the identical IP
>>> version and still differ in which features are present.
>>>
>>> The compatible string identifies the IP core and its version. It says
>>
>> Well, you miss SoC compatibles so you cannot use argument of IP core.
>> Although I do accept argument of two instances in a SoC having this
>> different.
> 
> How are SoC compatibles relevant here? It's an IP for FPGA fabric, so
> even if you made some sort of zynq specific compatible (which I am not
> advocating for to be clear) the IP configuration options may vary
> between synthesis runs, so a SoC-specific compatible doesn't help.

SOC compatibility make no sense here. It is soft IP. It can be in any fpga board 
with/without hard blocks (ARM cores) in different configuration per instance.
You can have unlimited (obviously resource limited) amount of IPs in mixed 
configuration in the same device if you want/need.

Thanks,
Michal