Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] spi: dt-bindings: nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi: Add MA35D1 SPI controller

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 10:25:54 EST


On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 09:18:16PM +0800, Chi-Wen Weng wrote:
> From: Chi-Wen Weng <cwweng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Extend the existing MA35D1 QSPI binding to also describe the MA35D1 SPI
> controller.
>
> The SPI and QSPI controllers are separate hardware IPs. QSPI additionally
> supports dual, quad and DTR transfers and a target-mode timeout function,
> but these differences do not require additional controller-specific
> Devicetree properties.
>
> Both controllers expose the same Devicetree-visible resources and provide
> up to two native chip-select signals. GPIO chip selects are supported
> through the generic SPI controller binding. Since the MA35D1 QSPI driver
> now supports GPIO chip selects, also remove the existing restriction
> on cs-gpios for the QSPI compatible.

This has to be a separate commit.

>
> Add the nuvoton,ma35d1-spi compatible and update the binding description
> and examples to cover both controllers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chi-Wen Weng <cwweng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml | 41 +++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml
> index 40965ec5163b..72f2e1e1219a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml
> @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@
> $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/spi/nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi.yaml#
> $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>
> -title: Nuvoton MA35D1 Quad SPI Controller
> +title: Nuvoton MA35D1 SPI and Quad SPI Controllers
> +
> +description: |
> + The Nuvoton MA35D1 SoC contains separate SPI and QSPI controller IPs.
> + Both controllers expose the same Devicetree-visible resources and provide
> + two native chip-select signals. GPIO chip selects are supported through the
> + generic SPI controller binding.
> +
> + The QSPI controller additionally supports dual, quad and DTR transfers and
> + a target-mode timeout function. These capability differences do not require
> + additional controller properties.
>
> maintainers:
> - Chi-Wen Weng <cwweng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> @@ -14,7 +24,9 @@ allOf:
>
> properties:
> compatible:
> - const: nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi
> + enum:
> + - nuvoton,ma35d1-spi
> + - nuvoton,ma35d1-qspi
>
> reg:
> maxItems: 1
> @@ -33,8 +45,6 @@ properties:
> maximum: 2
> default: 2
>
> - cs-gpios: false
> -
> required:
> - compatible
> - reg
> @@ -59,7 +69,30 @@ examples:
> interrupts = <GIC_SPI 57 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> clocks = <&clk QSPI0_GATE>;
> resets = <&sys MA35D1_RESET_QSPI0>;
> +
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
> + #include <dt-bindings/clock/nuvoton,ma35d1-clk.h>
> + #include <dt-bindings/reset/nuvoton,ma35d1-reset.h>
> +

No need for a new example, for exactly the same node. Difference in
value of a property does not justify it.

Best regards,
Krzysztof