Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] dt-bindings: connector: Add PCIe M.2 Mechanical Key E connector

Rob Herring
2026-01-13T17:16:02Z

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 09:56:04PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Add the devicetree binding for PCIe M.2 Mechanical Key E connector defined
> in the PCI Express M.2 Specification, r4.0, sec 5.1.2. This connector
> provides interfaces like PCIe or SDIO to attach the WiFi devices to the
> host machine, USB or UART+PCM interfaces to attach the Bluetooth (BT)
> devices. Spec also provides an optional interface to connect the UIM card,
> but that is not covered in this binding.
>
> The connector provides a primary power supply of 3.3v, along with an
> optional 1.8v VIO supply for the Adapter I/O buffer circuitry operating at
> 1.8v sideband signaling.
>
> The connector also supplies optional signals in the form of GPIOs for fine
> grained power management.
>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> .../bindings/connector/pcie-m2-e-connector.yaml | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/pcie-m2-e-connector.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/pcie-m2-e-connector.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b65b39ddfd19
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/connector/pcie-m2-e-connector.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/connector/pcie-m2-e-connector.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: PCIe M.2 Mechanical Key E Connector
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
> +
> +description:
> + A PCIe M.2 E connector node represents a physical PCIe M.2 Mechanical Key E
> + connector. Mechanical Key E connectors are used to connect Wireless
> + Connectivity devices including combinations of Wi-Fi, BT, NFC to the host
> + machine over interfaces like PCIe/SDIO, USB/UART+PCM, and I2C.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: pcie-m2-e-connector
> +
> + vpcie3v3-supply:
> + description: A phandle to the regulator for 3.3v supply.
> +
> + vpcie1v8-supply:
> + description: A phandle to the regulator for VIO 1.8v supply.
> +
> + ports:

Also, nodes go after all properties.

> + $ref: /schemas/graph.yaml#/properties/ports
> + description: OF graph bindings modeling the interfaces exposed on the
> + connector. Since a single connector can have multiple interfaces, every
> + interface has an assigned OF graph port number as described below.