[PATCH v5 4/6] dt-bindings: media: Add the Raspberry Pi HEVC decoder

Dave Stevenson dave.stevenson at raspberrypi.com
Fri Feb 27 09:19:09 PST 2026


Adds a binding for the HEVC decoder IP owned by Raspberry Pi.

Instantiations of the decoder IP can currently be found in
the Broadcom BCM2711 and BCM2712 SoCs.

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson at raspberrypi.com>
---
 .../bindings/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml       | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                                        |  9 +++
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe3361bddd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Raspberry Pi HEVC Decoder
+
+maintainers:
+  - John Cox <john.cox at raspberrypi.com>
+  - Dom Cobley <dom at raspberrypi.com>
+  - Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson at raspberrypi.com>
+
+description:
+  The Raspberry Pi HEVC decoder is a hardware video decode accelerator IP block
+  developed and owned by Raspberry Pi.
+
+  Currently it can be found in the Broadcom BCM2711 and BCM2712 processors used
+  on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 boards respectively.
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    oneOf:
+      - const: brcm,bcm2711-hevc-dec
+      - items:
+          - enum:
+              - brcm,bcm2712-hevc-dec
+          - const: brcm,bcm2711-hevc-dec
+
+  reg:
+    items:
+      - description: The HEVC main register region
+      - description: The Interrupt control register region
+
+  reg-names:
+    items:
+      - const: hevc
+      - const: intc
+
+  interrupts:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  clocks:
+    items:
+      - description: The HEVC block clock
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+  - reg-names
+  - interrupts
+  - clocks
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
+
+    video-codec at 7eb10000 {
+        compatible = "brcm,bcm2711-hevc-dec";
+        reg = <0x7eb00000 0x10000>, /* HEVC */
+              <0x7eb10000 0x1000>;  /* INTC */
+        reg-names = "hevc",
+                    "intc";
+
+        interrupts = <GIC_SPI 98 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+
+        clocks = <&clk 0>;
+    };
+
+...
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 55af015174a5..5d9a495a2b34 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -22044,6 +22044,15 @@ L:	linux-edac at vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/ras/amd/fmpm.c
 
+RASPBERRY PI HEVC DECODER
+M:	John Cox <john.cox at raspberrypi.com>
+M:	Dom Cobley <dom at raspberrypi.com>
+M:	Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson at raspberrypi.com>
+M:	Raspberry Pi Internal Kernel List <kernel-list at raspberrypi.com>
+L:	linux-media at vger.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/raspberrypi,hevc-dec.yaml
+
 RASPBERRY PI PISP BACK END
 M:	Jacopo Mondi <jacopo.mondi at ideasonboard.com>
 R:	Raspberry Pi Kernel Maintenance <kernel-list at raspberrypi.com>

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