Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: magnetometer: add MEMSIC MMC5983MA
From: David Lechner
Date: Sat May 09 2026 - 17:52:16 EST
On 5/7/26 3:50 PM, Vladislav Kulikov wrote:
> Add a Devicetree binding for the MEMSIC MMC5983MA 3-axis
> magnetometer.
>
> MMC5983MA is not register-compatible with the existing MEMSIC
> magnetometer drivers. It has a different register map, 18-bit output
> data format, and I2C/SPI transport support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Kulikov <vlad.kulikov.c@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml | 65 +++++++++++++++++++
> MAINTAINERS | 6 ++
> 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e144b4d9b0ca
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: MEMSIC MMC5983MA 3-axis magnetic sensor
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Vladislav Kulikov <vlad.kulikov.c@xxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: memsic,mmc5983
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + interrupts:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + vdd-supply:
> + description: Regulator that provides power to the sensor
> +
> + vddio-supply:
> + description: Regulator that provides power to the digital interface and INT pin
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - vdd-supply
> +
> +allOf:
> + - $ref: /schemas/spi/spi-peripheral-props.yaml#
> +
> +unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + // Example for I2C
If we do another revision, we could drop these comments.
They are redundant since the yaml already says both
"examples" and "i2c".
> + i2c {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + magnetometer@30 {
> + compatible = "memsic,mmc5983";
> + reg = <0x30>;
> + vdd-supply = <&vdd_3v3_reg>;
> + vddio-supply = <&vdd_3v3_reg>;
> + };
> + };
> + - |
> + // Example for SPI
same
> + spi {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + magnetometer@0 {
> + compatible = "memsic,mmc5983";
> + reg = <0>;
> + spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;
> + vdd-supply = <&vdd_3v3_reg>;
> + vddio-supply = <&vdd_3v3_reg>;
> + };
> + };
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 882214b0e7db..952fbf3020a4 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17170,6 +17170,12 @@ F: drivers/mtd/
> F: include/linux/mtd/
> F: include/uapi/mtd/
>
> +MEMSIC MMC5983 MAGNETOMETER DRIVER
> +M: Vladislav Kulikov <vlad.kulikov.c@xxxxxxxxx>
> +L: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +S: Maintained
> +F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/memsic,mmc5983.yaml
> +
> MEN A21 WATCHDOG DRIVER
> M: Johannes Thumshirn <morbidrsa@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx