Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] dt-bindings: timer: sifive,clint: Deprecate spacemit,k3-clint

From: Conor Dooley

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 15:06:12 EST

On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 12:28:47AM +0800, Junhui Liu wrote:
> The SpacemiT K3 implements separate ACLINT MSWI, MTIMER and SSWI
> devices. The existing spacemit,k3-clint compatible incorrectly describes
> the SSWI register space as a legacy CLINT.
>
> Deprecate this compatible in favor of the K3-specific ACLINT
> compatibles.

If it is this badly wrong, please just delete it.
Leaving it deprecated implies that it is frowned upon but still works.
pw-bot: changes-requested

Thanks,
Conor.

>
> Fixes: 6cdeb30db4d8 ("dt-bindings: timer: add SpacemiT K3 CLINT")
> Signed-off-by: Junhui Liu <junhui.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml
> index 3673836e14de..88b9be2230a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/sifive,clint.yaml
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ properties:
> - microchip,pic64gx-clint # Microchip PIC64GX
> - sifive,fu540-c000-clint # SiFive FU540
> - spacemit,k1-clint # SpacemiT K1
> - - spacemit,k3-clint # SpacemiT K3
> - starfive,jh7100-clint # StarFive JH7100
> - starfive,jh7110-clint # StarFive JH7110
> - starfive,jh8100-clint # StarFive JH8100
> @@ -62,6 +61,10 @@ properties:
> - const: riscv,clint0
> deprecated: true
> description: For the QEMU virt machine only
> + - items:
> + - const: spacemit,k3-clint
> + - const: sifive,clint0
> + deprecated: true
>
> description:
> Should be "<vendor>,<chip>-clint", followed by "sifive,clint<version>"
>
> --
> 2.55.0
>

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