[PATCH v4 1/7] dt-bindings: remoteproc: Add MediaTek mt8196 VCP binding

Rob Herring (Arm) robh at kernel.org
Mon Apr 27 05:39:48 PDT 2026


On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:04:40 +0800, Xiangzhi Tang wrote:
> Add device tree binding for the MediaTek Video Companion Processor
> (VCP), a RISC-V based coprocessor used for video processing and
> multimedia tasks on mt8196 and future MediaTek SoCs.
> 
> The VCP is a heterogeneous multi-core processor that can contain
> multiple RISC-V cores with different hart (hardware thread)
> configurations. Key features:
> 
> - Supports both single-core and multi-core VCP configurations
> - Each core can have 1 or 2 harts (hardware threads)
> - Shared SRAM memory space partitioned among cores
> - Communication via 5 dedicated mailbox channels for IPI messaging
> - Integrated with SoC IOMMU for multimedia memory management
> - Boot and power management coordinated with ARM Trusted Firmware
> 
> The binding defines both the top-level VCP device (with mailboxes,
> interrupts, and power domains) and child nodes for individual VCP
> cores (with SRAM allocation and hart configuration).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiangzhi Tang <xiangzhi.tang at mediatek.com>
> ---
>  .../remoteproc/mediatek,mt8196-vcp.yaml       | 166 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 166 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/mediatek,mt8196-vcp.yaml
> 

My bot found errors running 'make dt_binding_check' on your patch:

yamllint warnings/errors:

dtschema/dtc warnings/errors:
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/mediatek,mt8196-vcp.example.dts:26:18: fatal error: dt-bindings/power/mt8196-power.h: No such file or directory
   26 |         #include <dt-bindings/power/mt8196-power.h>
      |                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.dtbs:140: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/mediatek,mt8196-vcp.example.dtb] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [/builds/robherring/dt-review-ci/linux/Makefile:1635: dt_binding_check] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

doc reference errors (make refcheckdocs):

See https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/devicetree/patch/20260427111446.22955-2-xiangzhi.tang@mediatek.com

The base for the series is generally the latest rc1. A different dependency
should be noted in *this* patch.

If you already ran 'make dt_binding_check' and didn't see the above
error(s), then make sure 'yamllint' is installed and dt-schema is up to
date:

pip3 install dtschema --upgrade

Please check and re-submit after running the above command yourself. Note
that DT_SCHEMA_FILES can be set to your schema file to speed up checking
your schema. However, it must be unset to test all examples with your schema.




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