Re: [PATCH 1/1] dt-bindings: spi: Add separate binding for dh,dhcom-board

[Conor Dooley]

On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 12:01:55AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 10/16/26 10:57 PM, Frank.Li@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The dh,dhcom-board SPI device uses spi-cpha and spi-cpol properties,
> > which are not permitted by the trivial-devices schema. Move it to a
> > dedicated binding file that references spi-peripheral-props.yaml and
> > explicitly allows those SPI mode properties.
> > 
> > Fixes below CHECK_DTBS warnings:
> >    arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dtb: spidev@0 (dh,dhcom-board): 'spi-cpha', 'spi-cpol' do not match any of the regexes: '^pinctrl-[0-9]+$'
> >          from schema $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/trivial-devices.yaml
> 
> How come this did not trigger until now ?
> 
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../bindings/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml          | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
> >   .../devicetree/bindings/trivial-devices.yaml  |  2 -
> >   2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000000..ed213cbe9b04c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/spi/dh,dhcom-board.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: DH electronics GmbH on-board CPLD trivial SPI device
> 
> This does not look quite right, since compatible this is used only on:
> 
> arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box.dts
> 
>        model = "DH electronics i.MX6ULL DHCOR on maveo box";
>        compatible = "marantec,imx6ull-dhcor-maveo-box",
> "dh,imx6ull-dhcor-som",
> 
> So the whole
> 
>        spidev@0 {
>                compatible = "dh,dhcom-board";
>                reg = <0>;
>                spi-cpha;
>                spi-cpol;
>                spi-max-frequency = <54000000>;
>        };
> 
> Should probably use a different compatible.
> 
> Christoph, what device is this on this board ?
> 
> (and this change should only be applied with RB from Christoph, I do not
> have the hardware so I cannot tell what it really is)
> 
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx>
> 
> @nabladev.com
> 
> > +  - Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +allOf:
> > +  - $ref: spi-peripheral-props.yaml
> > +
> > +properties:
> > +  compatible:
> > +    const: dh,dhcom-board
> > +
> > +  reg:
> > +    maxItems: 1
> > +
> > +  spi-cpha: true
> > +
> > +  spi-cpol: true
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense to allow those properties for trivial SPI
> devices in general ?

If the device requires them (which it probably does?), then standalone
makes sense to actually set that requirement.

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