[PATCH v3 2/2] dt-binding: riscv: Clarify the riscv,ndev meaning in PLIC

Yangyu Chen cyy at cyyself.name
Tue Feb 3 09:21:48 PST 2026


In PLIC, interrupt source 0 is reserved and should not be used.
Therefore, the valid interrupt sources are from 1 to riscv,ndev
inclusive. This commit updates the documentation to clarify this point.

Signed-off-by: Yangyu Chen <cyy at cyyself.name>
---
 .../bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml        | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
index 388fc2c620c0..df9578bcac89 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ properties:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
     description:
       Specifies how many external interrupts are supported by this controller.
+      Note that source 0 is reserved in PLIC, so the valid interrupt sources
+      are 1 to riscv,ndev inclusive.
 
   clocks: true
 
-- 
2.51.0




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