Re: [PATCH v24 05/12] dt-bindings: arm: Document reboot mode magic

From: Rob Herring

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 10:12:16 EST


On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 03:13:36PM +0530, Shivendra Pratap wrote:
> Add bindings to describe vendor-specific reboot modes. Values here
> correspond to valid parameters to vendor-specific reset types in PSCI
> SYSTEM_RESET2 call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shivendra Pratap <shivendra.pratap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
> index 6e2e0c551841..7d6a86690a2e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml
> @@ -98,6 +98,41 @@ properties:
> [1] Kernel documentation - ARM idle states bindings
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml
>
> + reboot-mode:
> + type: object
> + $ref: /schemas/power/reset/reboot-mode.yaml#
> + unevaluatedProperties: false
> + properties:
> + # "mode-normal" is just SYSTEM_RESET
> + mode-normal: false
> + patternProperties:
> + "^mode-.*$":
> + minItems: 1
> + maxItems: 3
> + items:
> + - description: arg1 (vendor-specific SYSTEM_RESET2 reset_type)
> + allOf:

Don't need allOf here.

> + - $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + - minimum: 0x80000000
> + - description: arg2 (cookie_lo in 2-cell form, cookie_hi in 3-cell form)
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + - description: arg3 (cookie_lo in 3-cell form)
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + description: |
> + Describes a PSCI SYSTEM_RESET2 vendor-specific reset type. The string
> + after "mode-" maps a reboot mode to a vendor-specific reset.

Blank line if this is a paragraph.

> + A vendor-specific reset takes two arguments, a 32-bit reset_type and a
> + 64-bit cookie. The arguments are encoded as up to three 32-bit cells.
> + Each mode property is encoded as mode-xxx = <arg1[, arg2[, arg3]]>,
> + where:

blank line

> + - arg1 is reset_type and must be >= 0x80000000.
> + - In 2-cell form, arg2 is lower 32 bits of cookie.
> + - In 3-cell form, arg2 is high 32 bits of cookie
> + and arg3 is low 32 bits of cookie.

Indent the list by 2 more spaces.

> +
> + All values should be provided as per the PSCI SYSTEM_RESET2
> + specification.
> +
> patternProperties:
> "^power-domain-":
> $ref: /schemas/power/power-domain.yaml#
> @@ -137,6 +172,15 @@ allOf:
> required:
> - cpu_off
> - cpu_on
> + - if:
> + not:
> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + contains:
> + const: arm,psci-1.0

SYSTEM_RESET2 was introduced in PSCI 1.1...

> + then:
> + properties:
> + reboot-mode: false