[RFC PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: firmware: Document the MediaTek Hardware Voter (HWV)

Rob Herring (Arm) robh at kernel.org
Tue Jul 1 09:32:56 PDT 2025


On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:11:48 +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Add documentation for the new MediaTek Hardware Voter, found in
> MediaTek SoCs like the MT8196 Kompanio Ultra for Chromebooks and
> the MT6991 Dimensity 9400 for Smartphones.
> 
> Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
> ---
>  .../mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.yaml       | 70 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.yaml
> 

My bot found errors running 'make dt_binding_check' on your patch:

yamllint warnings/errors:
./Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.yaml:44:2: [warning] wrong indentation: expected 2 but found 1 (indentation)

dtschema/dtc warnings/errors:
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.example.dts:39.35-43.11: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): /example-0/clock-controller at 16640000: node has a unit name, but no reg or ranges property
/builds/robherring/dt-review-ci/linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.example.dtb: system-controller at 14500000 (mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter): power-controller:compatible:0: 'mediatek,mt8196-hwv-scp-power-controller' is not one of ['mediatek,mt6735-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt6795-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt6893-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8167-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8173-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8183-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8186-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8188-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8192-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8195-power-controller', 'mediatek,mt8365-power-controller']
	from schema $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.yaml#
/builds/robherring/dt-review-ci/linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.example.dtb: system-controller at 14500000 (mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter): reg: [[0, 340787200], [0, 12288]] is too long
	from schema $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.yaml#
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/mediatek,mt6991-hardware-voter.example.dtb: /example-0/system-controller at 14500000/power-controller: failed to match any schema with compatible: ['mediatek,mt8196-hwv-scp-power-controller']

doc reference errors (make refcheckdocs):

See https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/devicetree-bindings/patch/20250701151149.136365-3-angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com

The base for the series is generally the latest rc1. A different dependency
should be noted in *this* patch.

If you already ran 'make dt_binding_check' and didn't see the above
error(s), then make sure 'yamllint' is installed and dt-schema is up to
date:

pip3 install dtschema --upgrade

Please check and re-submit after running the above command yourself. Note
that DT_SCHEMA_FILES can be set to your schema file to speed up checking
your schema. However, it must be unset to test all examples with your schema.




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