[PATCH v14 1/7] dt-bindings: arm: Add support for Qualcomm TGU trace

Songwei Chai
2026-04-17T07:35:05Z

The Trigger Generation Unit (TGU) is designed to detect patterns or
sequences within a specific region of the System on Chip (SoC). Once
configured and activated, it monitors sense inputs and can detect a
pre-programmed state or sequence across clock cycles, subsequently
producing a trigger.

TGU configuration space
offset table
x-------------------------x
| |
| |
| | Step configuration
| | space layout
| coresight management | x-------------x
| registers | |---> | |
| | | | reserve |
| | | | |
|-------------------------| | |-------------|
| | | | priority[3] |
| step[7] |<-- | |-------------|
|-------------------------| | | | priority[2] |
| | | | |-------------|
| ... | |Steps region | | priority[1] |
| | | | |-------------|
|-------------------------| | | | priority[0] |
| |<-- | |-------------|
| step[0] |--------------------> | |
|-------------------------| | condition |
| | | |
| control and status | x-------------x
| space | | |
x-------------------------x |Timer/Counter|
| |
x-------------x
TGU Configuration in Hardware

The TGU provides a step region for user configuration, similar
to a flow chart. Each step region consists of three register clusters:

1.Priority Region: Sets the required signals with priority.
2.Condition Region: Defines specific requirements (e.g., signal A
reaches three times) and the subsequent action once the requirement is
met.
3.Timer/Counter (Optional): Provides timing or counting functionality.

Add a new tgu.yaml file to describe the bindings required to
define the TGU in the device trees.

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Songwei Chai <songwei.chai@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml | 71 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76440f2497b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/arm/qcom,tgu.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Trigger Generation Unit - TGU
+
+description: |
+ The Trigger Generation Unit (TGU) is a Data Engine which can be utilized
+ to sense a plurality of signals and create a trigger into the CTI or
+ generate interrupts to processors. The TGU is like the trigger circuit
+ of a Logic Analyzer. The corresponding trigger logic can be realized by
+ configuring the conditions for each step after sensing the signal.
+ Once setup and enabled, it will observe sense inputs and based upon
+ the activity of those inputs, even over clock cycles, may detect a
+ preprogrammed state/sequence and then produce a trigger or interrupt.
+
+ The primary use case of the TGU is to detect patterns or sequences on a
+ given set of signals within some region to identify the issue in time
+ once there is abnormal behavior in the subsystem.
+
+maintainers:
+ - Mao Jinlong <jinlong.mao@oss.qualcomm.com>
+ - Songwei Chai <songwei.chai@oss.qualcomm.com>
+
+# Need a custom select here or 'arm,primecell' will match on lots of nodes
+select:
+ properties:
+ compatible:
+ contains:
+ enum:
+ - qcom,tgu
+ required:
+ - compatible
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ items:
+ - const: qcom,tgu
+ - const: arm,primecell
+
+ reg:
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ clocks:
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ clock-names:
+ items:
+ - const: apb_pclk
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - reg
+ - clocks
+ - clock-names
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ tgu@10b0e000 {
+ compatible = "qcom,tgu", "arm,primecell";
+ reg = <0x10b0e000 0x1000>;
+
+ clocks = <&aoss_qmp>;
+ clock-names = "apb_pclk";
+ };
+...
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