Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx95-15x15-frdm: add boot phase properties

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Missing device tree boot phase properties on provider dependencies (`&gpio3`, `&scmi_clk`) causes early boot (SPL) failure for UART and SD/eMMC.
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--- Patch [1]: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx95-15x15-frdm: add boot phase properties ---
commit 9b9056eb20751b354934dfae8becee905da7d7b0
Author: Joseph Guo <qijian.guo@nxp.com>

arm64: dts: imx95-15x15-frdm: add boot phase properties

Add boot phase properties to essential resources during boot phase.
FRDM-IMX95 need UART, SD-Card, eMMC access during boot process.

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-15x15-frdm.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-15x15-frdm.dts
> index 0f43e3be70589..ba17d87f197a3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-15x15-frdm.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-15x15-frdm.dts
> @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ reg_usdhc2_vmmc: regulator-usdhc2 {
>  		regulator-name = "VDD_SD2_3V3";
>  		gpio = <&gpio3 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
>  		enable-active-high;
> +		bootph-pre-ram;
>  	};

[Severity: High]
Will this regulator fail to probe during early boot (SPL)?

It appears that while this regulator is marked for SPL, its provider &gpio3
lacks boot phase tags. U-Boot's SPL device tree minification tool (fdtgrep)
drops any node lacking bootph-* tags unless it is an ancestor of a tagged node,
and phandle dependencies are not automatically kept.

If &gpio3 is excluded from the SPL DTB, could this fail to acquire the
enable GPIO and break MMC power?

[ ... ]

> @@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ led_backlight1: led@1 {
>  &lpuart1 {
>  	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart1>;
>  	pinctrl-names = "default";
> +	bootph-pre-ram;
>  	status = "okay";
>  };

[Severity: High]
Is a boot phase tag also needed on the clock provider &scmi_clk for this UART?

Since phandle dependencies are stripped if not explicitly tagged, this could
cause clock acquisition to fail during SPL when &scmi_clk is missing from
the minified device tree.

[ ... ]

> @@ -1014,6 +1026,7 @@ &usdhc2 {
>  	pinctrl-names = "default", "state_100mhz", "state_200mhz", "sleep";
>  	vmmc-supply = <&reg_usdhc2_vmmc>;
>  	fsl,tuning-step = <1>;
> +	bootph-pre-ram;
>  	status = "okay";
>  };

[Severity: High]
Could the missing provider tag on &gpio3 also cause a regression here for
the card detect GPIO?

Since this node is marked for early boot but relies on &gpio3 via cd-gpios,
SPL might fail to acquire the GPIO if &gpio3 is excluded from the SPL DTB.

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260814-bootph-frdm-imx95-v1-1-c0e3f1b9d2ed@nxp.com?part=1