[PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: mailbox: Add ASPEED AST2700 series SoC
Andrew Jeffery
andrew at codeconstruct.com.au
Wed Jun 25 10:28:03 AEST 2025
On Mon, 2025-06-23 at 10:44 +0800, Jammy Huang wrote:
> Introduce the mailbox module for AST27XX series SoC, which is responsible
> for interchanging messages between asymmetric processors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jammy Huang <jammy_huang at aspeedtech.com>
> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
> ---
> .../mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9c5d7028e116
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mailbox/aspeed,ast2700-mailbox.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: ASPEED AST2700 mailbox controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Jammy Huang <jammy_huang at aspeedtech.com>
> +
> +description:
> + ASPEED AST2700 has multiple processors that need to communicate with each
> + other. The mailbox controller provides a way for these processors to send
> + messages to each other. It is a hardware-based inter-processor communication
> + mechanism that allows processors to send and receive messages through
> + dedicated channels.
> + The mailbox's tx/rx are independent, meaning that one processor can send a
> + message while another processor is receiving a message simultaneously.
> + There are 4 channels available for both tx and rx operations. Each channel
> + has a FIFO buffer that can hold messages of a fixed size (32 bytes in this
> + case).
> + The mailbox controller also supports interrupt generation, allowing
> + processors to notify each other when a message is available or when an event
> + occurs.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: aspeed,ast2700-mailbox
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + interrupts:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + "#mbox-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - interrupts
> + - "#mbox-cells"
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
> +
> + mailbox at 12c1c200 {
> + compatible = "aspeed,ast2700-mailbox";
> + reg = <0x12c1c200 0x200>;
I realise this is just an example, but with respect to the datasheet,
shouldn't this be sized as 0x100?
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew at codeconstruct.com.au>
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