From: Yu-Che Hsieh <yc_hsieh@aspeedtech.com>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
"Joel Stanley" <joel@jms.id.au>,
Andrew Jeffery <andrew@codeconstruct.com.au>,
Chia-Wei Wang <chiawei_wang@aspeedtech.com>,
Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
Cc: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>, <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
<linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Yu-Che Hsieh <yc_hsieh@aspeedtech.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/2] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed-lpc: Document lpcN alias for multi-instance SoCs
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:31:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260723-upstream_kcs_multiple_lpc-v1-1-d918b5270b86@aspeedtech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260723-upstream_kcs_multiple_lpc-v1-0-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 <yc_hsieh@aspeedtech.com>
---
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-24 5:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-23 5:31 [PATCH RFC 0/2] ipmi: kcs_bmc_aspeed: Support multiple LPC controller instances Yu-Che Hsieh
2026-07-23 5:31 ` Yu-Che Hsieh [this message]
2026-08-06 13:31 ` [PATCH RFC 1/2] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed-lpc: Document lpcN alias for multi-instance SoCs Lee Jones
2026-08-10 6:24 ` YC Hsieh
2026-07-23 5:31 ` [PATCH RFC 2/2] ipmi: kcs_bmc_aspeed: Support multiple LPC controller instances Yu-Che Hsieh
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