[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: pinctrl: add syscon property

[Troy Mitchell]

On Thu, Jan 01, 2026 at 11:54:02PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Hi Troy,
> 
> thanks for your patch!
> 
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM Troy Mitchell
> <troy.mitchell at linux.spacemit.com> wrote:
> 
> > +  spacemit,apbc:
> > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> > +    items:
> > +      - items:
> > +          - description: phandle to syscon that access the protected register
> > +          - description: offset of access secure registers
> (...)
> > +            spacemit,apbc = <&syscon_apbc 0x50>;
> 
> Isn't the offset implicit from the compatible of the pin controller or
> the syscon or any other compatible?
> 
> It's easy to check compatibles in the device tree and just say
> this offset is 0x50 if compatible is so-or-so, and something else
> for another compatible and just give an error if an unknown
> compatible appears.
> 
> So: please try to avoid to put things the code can easily look
> up into the device tree.
Thanks for you pointing it out. I'll remove it.

                          - Troy
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
>