Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: hwlock: Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock support

[Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>]

On 9/30/25 12:03, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 04:06:24PM -0400, Kamal Dasu wrote:
>> Adding brcmstb-hwspinlock bindings.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>   .../hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml       | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..f45399b4fe0b
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/hwlock/brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Broadcom settop Hardware Spinlock
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@broadcom.com>
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    const: brcm,brcmstb-hwspinlock
> 
> Is "brcmstb" actually the name of a single platform?
> Looking at the "brcmstb" pci binding, it looks like there's a whole load
> of different devices there and none use "brcmstb":
>            - brcm,bcm2711-pcie # The Raspberry Pi 4
>            - brcm,bcm2712-pcie # Raspberry Pi 5
>            - brcm,bcm4908-pcie
>            - brcm,bcm7211-pcie # Broadcom STB version of RPi4
>            - brcm,bcm7216-pcie # Broadcom 7216 Arm
>            - brcm,bcm7278-pcie # Broadcom 7278 Arm
>            - brcm,bcm7425-pcie # Broadcom 7425 MIPs
>            - brcm,bcm7435-pcie # Broadcom 7435 MIPs
>            - brcm,bcm7445-pcie # Broadcom 7445 Arm
>            - brcm,bcm7712-pcie # Broadcom STB sibling of Rpi 5
> 
> If "stb" means "set top box", it sounds like a catchall for disparate
> devices, which isn't permitted.

Unlike PCIe, the HW spinlock hardware has been stable across all Set-top 
box chips ever since it was added, which is why the catch all is IMHO 
adequate here.
-- 
Florian