Re: [PATCH 17/20] dt-bindings: mfd: Add Synaptics SL261x global block binding

[Conor Dooley]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 02:14:14PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> Document the AVIO global, CPU wrapper, chip control, and MCU global
> register blocks on SL261x SoCs. Each block exposes its clock and, where
> applicable, pinctrl and reset functions through child nodes.
> 
> Document the chip control syscon phandle used by the CPU clock
> controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../bindings/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml         | 208 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 208 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml

Filename should match a compatible.

> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3e5842169c4a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mfd/syna,sl261x-gbl.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Synaptics SL261x global and control register blocks
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> +  The SL261x global and control register blocks contain clock, reset, and
> +  pin control registers. Each functional child uses its parent's register
> +  range. The CPU clock controller also refers to the chip control syscon.
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    oneOf:
> +      - items:
> +          - const: syna,sl261x-avio-gbl
> +          - const: syscon
> +          - const: simple-mfd
> +      - items:
> +          - const: syna,sl261x-cpu-wrp
> +          - const: syscon
> +          - const: simple-mfd
> +      - items:
> +          - const: syna,sl261x-chip-control
> +          - const: syscon
> +          - const: simple-mfd
> +      - items:
> +          - const: syna,sl261x-mcu-gbl
> +          - const: syscon
> +          - const: simple-mfd

This can be simplified significantly by using an enum for the variable
part.

> +
> +  reg:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  clock:
> +    type: object
> +    additionalProperties: true
> +
> +  pin-controller:
> +    type: object
> +    additionalProperties: true
> +
> +  reset:
> +    type: object
> +    additionalProperties: true
> +
> +required:
> +  - compatible
> +  - reg
> +

> +allOf:
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: syna,sl261x-avio-gbl
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - clock
> +      properties:
> +        clock:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-aio-clk
> +        pin-controller: false
> +        reset: false
> +
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: syna,sl261x-cpu-wrp
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - clock
> +      properties:
> +        clock:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-cpu-clk
> +        pin-controller: false
> +        reset: false
> +
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: syna,sl261x-chip-control
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - clock
> +        - pin-controller
> +        - reset
> +      properties:
> +        clock:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-soc-clk
> +        pin-controller:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-soc-pinctrl
> +        reset:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-soc-reset
> +
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: syna,sl261x-mcu-gbl
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - clock
> +        - pin-controller
> +        - reset
> +      properties:
> +        clock:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-system-clk
> +        pin-controller:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-system-pinctrl
> +        reset:
> +          properties:
> +            compatible:
> +              const: syna,sl261x-system-reset

Most of this can just disappear because most of these subnodes don't need to
exist. In fact, maybe all of them can be removed, leaving you just with
the syscon nodes themselves containing the relevant properties for
resets/clocks/pinctrl.

> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    osc: clock-osc {
> +        compatible = "fixed-clock";
> +        #clock-cells = <0>;
> +        clock-frequency = <25000000>;
> +    };

Nodes like this will get simulated by the tooling, they're not needed
here.

> +
> +    avio_gbl: avio-gbl@f7490000 {
> +        compatible = "syna,sl261x-avio-gbl", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
> +        reg = <0xf7490000 0x4000>;
> +
> +        aioclk: clock {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-aio-clk";
> +            #clock-cells = <1>;
> +            clocks = <&osc>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +
> +    chip: chip-control@f7e10000 {
> +        compatible = "syna,sl261x-chip-control", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
> +        reg = <0xf7e10000 0x10000>;
> +
> +        clk: clock {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-soc-clk";
> +            #clock-cells = <1>;
> +            clocks = <&osc>;
> +        };
> +
> +        pinctrl: pin-controller {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-soc-pinctrl";
> +        };
> +
> +        rst: reset {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-soc-reset";
> +            #reset-cells = <1>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +
> +    cpu_wrp: cpu-wrp@f7e30000 {

Please don't make up new node names for your device, use something
established like "system-controller" or "syscon" please.

pw-bot: changes-requested

Thanks,
Conor.

> +        compatible = "syna,sl261x-cpu-wrp", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
> +        reg = <0xf7e30000 0x4000>;
> +
> +        cpuclk: clock {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-cpu-clk";
> +            #clock-cells = <1>;
> +            clocks = <&osc>;
> +            syna,gbl-syscon = <&chip>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +
> +    mcu_gbl: mcu-gbl@e5025000 {
> +        compatible = "syna,sl261x-mcu-gbl", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
> +        reg = <0xe5025000 0x1000>;
> +
> +        sm_clk: clock {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-system-clk";
> +            #clock-cells = <1>;
> +        };
> +
> +        sm_pinctrl: pin-controller {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-system-pinctrl";
> +        };
> +
> +        sm_rst: reset {
> +            compatible = "syna,sl261x-system-reset";
> +            #reset-cells = <1>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +...
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature