[PATCH v13 2/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: Add "rpmsg" subnode support

Shenwei Wang
2026-04-22T21:30:36Z

Remote processors may announce multiple GPIO controllers over an RPMSG
channel. These GPIO controllers may require corresponding device tree
nodes, especially when acting as providers, to supply phandles for their
consumers.

Define an RPMSG node to work as a container for a group of RPMSG channels
under the imx_rproc node. Each subnode within "rpmsg" represents an
individual RPMSG channel. The name of each subnode corresponds to the
channel name as defined by the remote processor.

All remote devices associated with a given channel are defined as child
nodes under the corresponding channel node.

Signed-off-by: Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@nxp.com>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
.../bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml | 53 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c78b6850321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Generic RPMSG GPIO Controller
+
+maintainers:
+ - Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@nxp.com>
+
+description:
+ On an AMP platform, some GPIO controllers are exposed by the remote processor
+ through the RPMSG bus. The RPMSG GPIO transport protocol defines the packet
+ structure and communication flow between Linux and the remote firmware. Those
+ controllers are managed via this transport protocol. For more details of the
+ protocol, check the document below.
+ Documentation/driver-api/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.rst
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ oneOf:
+ - items:
+ - enum:
+ - fsl,rpmsg-gpio
+ - const: rpmsg-gpio
+ - const: rpmsg-gpio
+
+ reg:
+ description:
+ The reg property represents the index of the GPIO controllers. Since
+ the driver manages controllers on a remote system, this index tells
+ the remote system which controller to operate.
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ "#gpio-cells":
+ const: 2
+
+ gpio-controller: true
+
+ interrupt-controller: true
+
+ "#interrupt-cells":
+ const: 2
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - reg
+ - "#gpio-cells"
+ - "#interrupt-cells"
+
+allOf:
+ - $ref: /schemas/gpio/gpio.yaml#
+
+unevaluatedProperties: false
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml
index ce8ec0119469..aea33205a881 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,34 @@ properties:
This property is to specify the resource id of the remote processor in SoC
which supports SCFW

+ rpmsg:
+ type: object
+ additionalProperties: false
+ description:
+ Represents the RPMSG bus between Linux and the remote system. Contains
+ a group of RPMSG channel devices running on the bus.
+
+ properties:
+ rpmsg-io:
+ type: object
+ additionalProperties: false
+ properties:
+ '#address-cells':
+ const: 1
+
+ '#size-cells':
+ const: 0
+
+ patternProperties:
+ "gpio@[0-9a-f]+$":
+ type: object
+ $ref: /schemas/gpio/gpio-rpmsg.yaml#
+ unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+ required:
+ - '#address-cells'
+ - '#size-cells'
+
required:
- compatible

@@ -147,5 +175,30 @@ examples:
&mu 3 1>;
memory-region = <&vdev0buffer>, <&vdev0vring0>, <&vdev0vring1>, <&rsc_table>;
syscon = <&src>;
+
+ rpmsg {
+ rpmsg-io {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ gpio@0 {
+ compatible = "rpmsg-gpio";
+ reg = <0>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+
+ gpio@1 {
+ compatible = "rpmsg-gpio";
+ reg = <1>;
+ gpio-controller;
+ #gpio-cells = <2>;
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ };
+ };
+ };
};
...
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