[PATCH 01/28] dt-bindings: sound: Add Apple Macs sound peripherals

James Calligeros jcalligeros99 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 19 21:53:40 PDT 2026


From: Martin Povišer <povik+lin at cutebit.org>

Add binding for Apple Silicon Macs machine-level integration of sound
peripherals.

Signed-off-by: Martin Povišer <povik+lin at cutebit.org>
Co-developed-by: James Calligeros <jcalligeros99 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: James Calligeros <jcalligeros99 at gmail.com>
---
 .../bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml   | 235 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 235 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Sound peripheral integration for Apple Silicon Macs
+
+description:
+  This binding represents the overall machine-level integration of sound
+  peripherals on Apple Silicon Macs, starting with the M1 series.
+
+maintainers:
+  - James Calligeros <jcalligeros99 at gmail.com>
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    oneOf:
+      - description: First-of-their-kind machines
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j180-macaudio
+              - apple,j274-macaudio
+              - apple,j293-macaudio
+              - apple,j313-macaudio
+              - apple,j314-macaudio
+              - apple,j316-macaudio
+              - apple,j375-macaudio
+              - apple,j413-macaudio
+              - apple,j415-macaudio
+              - apple,j473-macaudio
+              - apple,j456-macaudio
+              - apple,j457-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J293
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j493-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j293-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J314
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j414-macaudio
+              - apple,j504-macaudio
+              - apple,j514-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j314-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J316
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j416-macaudio
+              - apple,j516-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j316-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J375
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j475-macaudio
+              - apple,j575-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j375-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J413
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j613-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j413-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J415
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j615-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j415-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+      - description: Machines compatible with J473
+        items:
+          - enum:
+              - apple,j474-macaudio
+          - const: apple,j473-macaudio
+          - const: apple,macaudio
+
+  "#address-cells":
+    const: 1
+
+  "#size-cells":
+    const: 0
+
+  model:
+    description:
+      Model name for presentation to users
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
+
+patternProperties:
+  "^dai-link(@[0-9a-f]+)?$":
+    description: |
+      Node for each sound peripheral such as the speaker array, headphones jack,
+      or microphone.
+    type: object
+    $ref: tdm-slot.yaml#
+
+    additionalProperties: false
+
+    properties:
+      reg:
+        maxItems: 1
+
+      link-name:
+        description: |
+          Name for the peripheral, expecting 'Speaker' or 'Speakers' if this is
+          the speaker array.
+        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
+
+      cpu:
+        type: object
+
+        properties:
+          sound-dai:
+            description: |
+              DAI list with CPU-side I2S ports involved in this peripheral.
+            minItems: 1
+            maxItems: 2
+
+        required:
+          - sound-dai
+
+      codec:
+        type: object
+
+        properties:
+          sound-dai:
+            minItems: 1
+            maxItems: 8
+            description: |
+              DAI list with the CODEC-side DAIs connected to the above CPU-side
+              DAIs and involved in this sound peripheral.
+
+              The list is in left/right order if applicable. If there are more
+              than one CPU-side DAIs (there can be two), the CODECs must be
+              listed first those connected to the first CPU, then those
+              connected to the second.
+
+              In addition, on some machines with many speaker codecs, the CODECs
+              are listed in this fixed order:
+
+              Four speakers: Left Front, Left Rear, Right Front, Right Rear
+              Six speakers: Left Woofer 1, Left Tweeter, Left Woofer 2,
+                            Right Woofer 1, Right Tweeter, Right Woofer 2
+
+        required:
+          - sound-dai
+
+    patternProperties:
+      "^dai-tdm-idle-mode-[0-9]$":
+        $ref: tdm-slot.yaml#/properties/dai-tdm-idle-mode
+
+      "^dai-tdm-slot-tx-idle-mask-[0-9]$":
+        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+        description: Idle slot mask. A bit being set to 1 indicates
+          that the corresponding TDM slot is inactive/idle.
+
+    required:
+      - reg
+      - cpu
+      - codec
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - model
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    mca: mca at 9b600000 {
+      compatible = "apple,t6000-mca", "apple,mca";
+      reg = <0x9b600000 0x10000>,
+            <0x9b500000 0x20000>;
+
+      clocks = <&nco 0>, <&nco 1>, <&nco 2>, <&nco 3>;
+      power-domains = <&ps_audio_p>, <&ps_mca0>, <&ps_mca1>,
+                      <&ps_mca2>, <&ps_mca3>;
+      dmas = <&admac 0>, <&admac 1>, <&admac 2>, <&admac 3>,
+             <&admac 4>, <&admac 5>, <&admac 6>, <&admac 7>,
+             <&admac 8>, <&admac 9>, <&admac 10>, <&admac 11>,
+             <&admac 12>, <&admac 13>, <&admac 14>, <&admac 15>;
+      dma-names = "tx0a", "rx0a", "tx0b", "rx0b",
+                  "tx1a", "rx1a", "tx1b", "rx1b",
+                  "tx2a", "rx2a", "tx2b", "rx2b",
+                  "tx3a", "rx3a", "tx3b", "rx3b";
+
+      #sound-dai-cells = <1>;
+    };
+
+    sound {
+      compatible = "apple,j416-macaudio", "apple,j316-macaudio", "apple,macaudio";
+      model = "MacBook Pro J416";
+
+      #address-cells = <1>;
+      #size-cells = <0>;
+
+      dai-link at 0 {
+        reg = <0>;
+        link-name = "Speakers";
+
+        dai-tdm-idle-mode-0 = "zero";
+        dai-tdm-idle-mode-3 = "zero";
+        dai-tdm-slot-tx-idle-mask-0 = <0xf0f0f0>;
+        dai-tdm-slot-tx-idle-mask-3 = <0x0f0f0f>;
+
+        cpu {
+          sound-dai = <&mca 0>, <&mca 1>;
+        };
+
+        codec {
+          sound-dai = <&speaker_left_woof1>,
+                      <&speaker_left_tweet>,
+                      <&speaker_left_woof2>,
+                      <&speaker_right_woof1>,
+                      <&speaker_right_tweet>,
+                      <&speaker_right_woof2>;
+        };
+      };
+
+      dai-link at 1 {
+        reg = <1>;
+        link-name = "Headphones Jack";
+
+        cpu {
+          sound-dai = <&mca 2>;
+        };
+        codec {
+          sound-dai = <&jack_codec>;
+        };
+      };
+    };

-- 
2.55.0




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