[PATCH 2/2] pinctrl: spacemit: support I/O power domain configuration

Troy Mitchell troy.mitchell at linux.spacemit.com
Tue Dec 23 01:42:33 PST 2025


On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 05:32:28PM +0800, Yixun Lan wrote:
> Hi Troy,
> 
> On 17:11 Tue 23 Dec     , Troy Mitchell wrote:
> > IO domain power control registers are used to configure the operating
> > voltage of dual-voltage GPIO banks. By default, these registers are
> > configured for 3.3V operation. As a result, even when a GPIO bank is
> > externally supplied with 1.8V, the internal logic continues to
> > operate in the 3.3V domain, which may lead to functional failures.
> > 
> > This patch adds support for programming the IO domain power control
> > registers, allowing dual-voltage GPIO banks to be explicitly configured
> > for 1.8V operation when required.
> > 
> > Care must be taken when configuring these registers. If a GPIO bank is
> > externally supplied with 3.3V while the corresponding IO power domain
> > is configured for 1.8V, external current injection (back-powering)
> > may occur, potentially causing damage to the GPIO pin.
> > 
> > Due to these hardware constraints and safety considerations, the IO
> > domain power control registers are implemented as secure registers.
> > Access to these registers requires unlocking via the AIB Secure Access
> > Register (ASAR) in the APBC block before a single read or write
> > operation can be performed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell at linux.spacemit.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi  |   4 +-
> >  drivers/pinctrl/spacemit/pinctrl-k1.c | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  2 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi
> > index 7818ca4979b6a7755722919a5958512aa11950ab..23ecb19624f227f3c39de35bf3078379f7a2490e 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi
> dtsi should go as separated patch, then route to SoC tree
OH I forgot that. Thanks.
> 
> > @@ -565,10 +565,12 @@ i2c8: i2c at d401d800 {
> >  
> >  		pinctrl: pinctrl at d401e000 {
> >  			compatible = "spacemit,k1-pinctrl";
> > -			reg = <0x0 0xd401e000 0x0 0x400>;
> > +			reg = <0x0 0xd401e000 0x0 0x400>,
> > +			      <0x0 0xd401e800 0x0 0x34>;
> >  			clocks = <&syscon_apbc CLK_AIB>,
> >  				 <&syscon_apbc CLK_AIB_BUS>;
> >  			clock-names = "func", "bus";
> > +			spacemit,apbc = <&syscon_apbc 0x50>;
> >  		};
> >  static int spacemit_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  {
> > +	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
> >  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> >  	struct spacemit_pinctrl *pctrl;
> >  	struct clk *func_clk, *bus_clk;
> > @@ -816,6 +927,18 @@ static int spacemit_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  	if (IS_ERR(pctrl->regs))
> >  		return PTR_ERR(pctrl->regs);
> >  
> > +	pctrl->io_pd_reg = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 1);
> > +	if (IS_ERR(pctrl->io_pd_reg))
> > +		return PTR_ERR(pctrl->io_pd_reg);
> > +
> > +	pctrl->regmap_apbc =
> > +		syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle_args(np, "spacemit,apbc", 1,
> > +						     &pctrl->regmap_apbc_offset);
> Can you simply use syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(), then define 
> #define APBC_ASFAR		0x50
> #define APBC_ASSAR		0x54
I think it just a minor issue. I will keep it.
But if anyone else thinks the same way as Yixun, please let me know.

                      - Troy



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