Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: hwlock: Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock support

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 05:15:07 EST


On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 05:04:05PM -0500, Kamal Dasu wrote:
> The Broadcom settop SoCs have hardware semaphores as part of the
> "sundry" IP block which has other controls that do not belong anywhere
> else e.g. pin/mux controls, SoC identification, drive strength, reset
> controls, and other misc bits are part of this block.
>
> Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock bindings which allows the hwspinlock driver
> to iomap only the 16 hardware semaphore registers that are part of all
> settop SoCs. The semaphore registers are based on the BCM7038 SoC
> where they were first introduced in settop chips.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof