Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: hwlock: Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock support

From: Conor Dooley

Date: Tue Sep 30 2025 - 15:03:43 EST


On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 04:06:24PM -0400, Kamal Dasu wrote:
> Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock bindings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f45399b4fe0b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Broadcom settop Hardware Spinlock
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock

Is "brcmstb" actually the name of a single platform?
Looking at the "brcmstb" pci binding, it looks like there's a whole load
of different devices there and none use "brcmstb":
- brcm,bcm2711-pcie # The Raspberry Pi 4
- brcm,bcm2712-pcie # Raspberry Pi 5
- brcm,bcm4908-pcie
- brcm,bcm7211-pcie # Broadcom STB version of RPi4
- brcm,bcm7216-pcie # Broadcom 7216 Arm
- brcm,bcm7278-pcie # Broadcom 7278 Arm
- brcm,bcm7425-pcie # Broadcom 7425 MIPs
- brcm,bcm7435-pcie # Broadcom 7435 MIPs
- brcm,bcm7445-pcie # Broadcom 7445 Arm
- brcm,bcm7712-pcie # Broadcom STB sibling of Rpi 5

If "stb" means "set top box", it sounds like a catchall for disparate
devices, which isn't permitted.

> +
> + "#hwlock-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - "#hwlock-cells"
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + hwlock@8404038 {
> + compatible = "brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock";
> + reg = <0x8404038 0x40>;
> + #hwlock-cells = <1>;
> + };
> +
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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