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Message-ID: <176831563605.3742417.8691359583329615033.robh@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:47:16 -0600
From: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
To: Anshul Dalal <anshuld@...com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>, Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] dt-bindings: arm: keystone: add boot_* mboxes to
 ti,sci


On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:08:56 +0530, Anshul Dalal wrote:
> The bootloader on K3 devices makes use of mailboxes as per the ROM spec
> which might be different than one's available to the kernel (firmware
> spec).
> 
> Therefore, this patch adds the missing mailbox entries to the DT binding
> if the matching compatible is ti,am654-sci to represent the mailboxes
> exposed by the hardware during boot for the purpose of loading the
> firmware.
> 
> The newly added mboxes are made optional by keeping minItems as 2 to
> remain compliant with existing device-trees. The new 'notify' channel is
> not supported on all SoCs and is therefore kept at last in the list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshul Dalal <anshuld@...com>
> ---
> Changes in v8:
> - Refactored the patch to a simplified diff
> - Link to v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260107-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v7-1-d97a943f0a52@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v7:
> - Removed ti,am642-sci compatible
> - Keep examples unchanged
> - Modify ti,am654-sci ordering to ensure compliance with SoCs without a notify channel
> - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251222-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v6-1-b93ada9f1d47@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v6:
> - Added ti,am642-sci compatible to represent SoCs without a "notify" channel
> - Added new examples instead of editing existing ones
> - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251215-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v5-1-5a8fe567fd31@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v5:
> - Added commit description for the optional mailboxes
> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251205-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v4-1-8e216fb88941@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v4:
> - Make new boot_* mboxes conditional on ti,am654-sci compatible
> - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251112-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v3-1-66155a4236dc@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - Drop [1/2] of the last patch series
> - Update existing example with boot_* mailboxes instead of adding a new one
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251112-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v2-0-aebc1e47b391@ti.com
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove maxItems entry
> - Remove RFC tag from patch (added by mistake in v1)
> - Document the new mailboxes in mboxes instead of mbox-names
> - Provide example with all the mailboxes set
> - Update commit title to have "ti,sci"
> - Split into two patches
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251111-k3_syscon_add_boot_mailboxes-v1-1-529a27f21076@ti.com
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/keystone/ti,sci.yaml   | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@...nel.org>