[PATCH v3 1/6] dt-bindings: pwm: marvell,pxa-pwm: Add SpacemiT K1 PWM support

Guodong Xu guodong at riscstar.com
Tue Apr 29 01:50:43 PDT 2025


The SpacemiT K1 SoC reuses the Marvell PXA910-compatible PWM controller
with one notable difference: the addition of a resets property. To make
the device tree pass schema validation (make dtbs_check W=3), this patch
updates the binding to accept spacemit,k1-pwm as a compatible string, when
used in conjunction with the fallback marvell,pxa910-pwm.

Support for the optional resets property is also added, as it is required
by the K1 integration but was not present in the original Marvell bindings.

Since the PWM reset line may be deasserted during the early bootloader
stage, making the resets property optional avoids potential
double-deassertion, which could otherwise cause flickering on displays
that use PWM for backlight control.

Additionally, this patch adjusts the required value of the #pwm-cells
property for the new compatible string:
- For "spacemit,k1-pwm", #pwm-cells must be set to 3.
- For existing Marvell compatibles, #pwm-cells remains 1.

Background of #pwm-cells change is by an ongoing community discussion
about increasing the #pwm-cells value from 1 to 3 for all Marvell PXA PWM
devices. These devices are currently the only ones whose bindings do not
pass the line index as the first argument. See [1] for further details.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1738842938.git.u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com/

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org> # v2
Signed-off-by: Guodong Xu <guodong at riscstar.com>
---
v3: When compatible string contains "spacemit,k1-pwm", #pwm-cells must be 3
    Added Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org> # v2
v2: Accept spacemit,k1-pwm as a compatible string, when used in conjunction
    with the fallback marvell,pxa910-pwm

 .../bindings/pwm/marvell,pxa-pwm.yaml         | 35 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/marvell,pxa-pwm.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/marvell,pxa-pwm.yaml
index 9ee1946dc2e1..8df327e52810 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/marvell,pxa-pwm.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/marvell,pxa-pwm.yaml
@@ -11,26 +11,47 @@ maintainers:
 
 allOf:
   - $ref: pwm.yaml#
+  - if:
+      properties:
+        compatible:
+          contains:
+            const: spacemit,k1-pwm
+    then:
+      properties:
+        "#pwm-cells":
+          const: 3
+    else:
+      properties:
+        "#pwm-cells":
+          const: 1
+          description: |
+            Used for specifying the period length in nanoseconds.
 
 properties:
   compatible:
-    enum:
-      - marvell,pxa250-pwm
-      - marvell,pxa270-pwm
-      - marvell,pxa168-pwm
-      - marvell,pxa910-pwm
+    oneOf:
+      - enum:
+          - marvell,pxa250-pwm
+          - marvell,pxa270-pwm
+          - marvell,pxa168-pwm
+          - marvell,pxa910-pwm
+      - items:
+          - const: spacemit,k1-pwm
+          - const: marvell,pxa910-pwm
 
   reg:
     # Length should be 0x10
     maxItems: 1
 
   "#pwm-cells":
-    # Used for specifying the period length in nanoseconds
-    const: 1
+    description: Number of cells in a pwm specifier.
 
   clocks:
     maxItems: 1
 
+  resets:
+    maxItems: 1
+
 required:
   - compatible
   - reg
-- 
2.43.0




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