Re: [PATCH 3/4] dt-bindings: ipmi: Add optional LPC properties to ASPEED BT devices

From: Conor Dooley

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 11:39:39 EST


On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 02:49:00PM +0800, Yu-Che Hsieh via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Yu-Che Hsieh <yc_hsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Allocating IO and IRQ resources to LPC devices is in-theory an operation
>
> for the host, however ASPEED systems describe these resources through
>
> BMC-internal configuration, as already supported by the ASPEED KCS BMC
>
> binding.
>
> Add aspeed,lpc-io-reg and aspeed,lpc-interrupts to the ASPEED BT BMC
>
> binding so firmware can describe the host LPC IO address and SerIRQ
>
> configuration using the same properties as KCS devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yu-Che Hsieh <yc_hsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc.yaml
> index c4f7cdbbe16b..1803c6bbae93 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc.yaml
> @@ -25,6 +25,24 @@ properties:
> interrupts:
> maxItems: 1
>
> + aspeed,lpc-io-reg:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> + maxItems: 1
> + description: |
> + The host CPU LPC IO address for the BT device.
> +
> + aspeed,lpc-interrupts:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> + minItems: 2
> + maxItems: 2
> + description: |
> + A 2-cell property expressing the LPC SerIRQ number and the interrupt
> + level/sense encoding (specified in the standard fashion).
> +
> + Note that the generated interrupt is issued from the BMC to the host, and
> + thus the target interrupt controller is not captured by the BMC's
> + devicetree.

Why can these two properties not just be an additional reg and
interrupts entry?


Cheers,
Conor.

> +
> required:
> - compatible
> - reg
> @@ -35,10 +53,13 @@ additionalProperties: false
> examples:
> - |
> #include <dt-bindings/clock/aspeed-clock.h>
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
>
> bt@1e789140 {
> compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc";
> reg = <0x1e789140 0x18>;
> interrupts = <8>;
> clocks = <&syscon ASPEED_CLK_GATE_LCLK>;
> + aspeed,lpc-io-reg = <0xe4>;
> + aspeed,lpc-interrupts = <10 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> };
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>

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