[PATCH RFC 1/2] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed-lpc: Document lpcN alias for multi-instance SoCs
Yu-Che Hsieh <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:31:37 +0800
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| Message-ID | <20260723-upstream_kcs_multiple_lpc-v1-1-d918b5270b86@aspeedtech.com> |
Some SoCs (e.g. AST2700) expose more than one physical LPC controller instance. Downstream devices such as KCS channels need a stable, globally-unique index derived from which LPC controller instance they belong to, so document the "lpcN" alias convention on the LPC controller node that lets DT authors assign a fixed index per instance, mirroring the existing alias-based numbering convention used by mmc/i2c/spi/serial. Signed-off-by: Yu-Che Hsieh <[email protected]> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/aspeed-lpc.yaml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/aspeed-lpc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/aspeed-lpc.yaml index cbc3a2485a2f..81c12e0fb312 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/aspeed-lpc.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/aspeed-lpc.yaml @@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ description: configuration, therefore the host portion of the controller is exposed as a syscon as a means to arbitrate access. + On SoCs that expose more than one LPC controller instance, it is possible to + assign a fixed index to a given instance (and thus to downstream devices + such as KCS channels that must be uniquely identified system-wide) by + defining an "lpcN" alias for it in the /aliases device tree node. If no such + alias is present, the SoC is treated as having a single LPC controller + instance. + properties: compatible: items: -- 2.34.1