[PATCH v3 1/5] riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: move USB3 phy to board level

Aurelien Jarno aurelien at aurel32.net
Sat Aug 22 02:37:44 PDT 2026


On 2026-08-22 10:17, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 06:15:42PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On the SpacemiT K3 SoC, the combo phy provides 8 lines that can
> > either be used for PCIe or USB3, depending on its configuration
> > (spacemit,apmu). This configuration is defined at the board level, and
> > assigning a phy line to a USB3 controller while it is configured as PCIe
> > results in an "Invalid PHY mode" error.
> > 
> > Move the USB3 phy at the board level, the as it is done for the
> > submitted PCIe controller [1]. Keep the USB2 phy at the SoC level as
> > there is one phy per USB controller.
> > 
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260727094726.890179-3-inochiama@gmail.com/
> > 
> > Fixes: 46380e4b1534c1626cecd7f4d0abb5e0cce09af6 ("riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: add USB controller and USB phy support")
> > Cc: Inochi Amaoto <inochiama at gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32.net>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3-pico-itx.dts | 3 +++
> >  arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi         | 5 ++---
> >  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3-pico-itx.dts b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3-pico-itx.dts
> > index b084a35aa00e..171bd2f40aa6 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3-pico-itx.dts
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3-pico-itx.dts
> > @@ -328,5 +328,8 @@ &usb3d_u2phy {
> >  };
> >  
> >  &usb3d {
> > +	phys = <&usb3d_u2phy>,
> > +	       <&combophy 4 PHY_TYPE_USB3>;
> > +	phy-names = "usb2-phy", "usb3-phy";
> >  	status = "okay";
> >  };
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi
> > index c3f2dce0969c..3e24054d2084 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k3.dtsi
> > @@ -452,9 +452,8 @@ usb3d: usb at 81a00000 {
> >  				 <&syscon_apmu RESET_APMU_USB3_D_VCC>,
> >  				 <&syscon_apmu RESET_APMU_USB3_D_PHY>;
> >  			reset-names = "ahb", "vcc", "phy";
> 
> > -			phys = <&usb3d_u2phy>,
> > -			       <&combophy 4 PHY_TYPE_USB3>;
> > -			phy-names = "usb2-phy", "usb3-phy";
> > +			phys = <&usb3d_u2phy>;
> > +			phy-names = "usb2-phy";
> 
> I suggest removing this completely as we can not determine the
> phy we used. I think it is suitable for setting this in board
> file only

Yes, moving all the phy definition to the board level is an option. I 
decided to keep the USB2 phy at the SoC level, because contrary to the 
USB3 phys, there is a one to one mapping between the controller and the 
phy. Do you think it is a wrong assumption?

Regards
Aurelien

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