From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: zjzhao@edatec.cn
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jirislaby@kernel.org,
robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
hugo@hugovil.com, hy@wkmic.com, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: Document WK2xxx SPI UART
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 15:58:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009-0d3ee8f71d04ab70c387db33@squawk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009082530.248219-1-zjzhao@edatec.cn>
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On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 04:24:07PM +0800, zjzhao@edatec.cn wrote:
> From: Zi Jie Zhao <zjzhao@edatec.cn>
>
> Add a DT binding for the WK2xxx SPI-to-UART bridge ICs (WK2124,
> WK2132, WK2168, WK2212 and WK2204) from Chengdu Weikai
> Microelectronics (WKmic).
>
> Describe each UART channel with a serial@N child node carrying its
> serial and RS-485 properties. Register the wkmic vendor prefix based
> on the vendor website.
>
> Differentiate compatible strings by channel count and register
> availability. WK2124 and WK2132 lack hardware flow-control and
> RS-485 registers. WK2212 is a separate two-channel model that
> supports both features. Reject serial@2 and serial@3 on the
> two-channel members.
>
> Correct the WK2202 compatible used in the public v4 series to
> WK2212. WK2202 in the public reference driver is a typo.
>
> Require the standard clocks property for the single external
> reference clock used by the chips.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Zi Jie Zhao <zjzhao@edatec.cn>
> ---
> .../bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
> .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 +
> MAINTAINERS | 7 ++
> 3 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..47a0cbdb5ca1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: WKmic WK2xxx SPI to UART bridge
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Huang Yang <hy@wkmic.com>
> +
> +description:
> + The WK2xxx family (WK2124, WK2132, WK2168, WK2212 and WK2204) are SPI to
> + UART bridge ICs from WKmic (Chengdu Weikai Microelectronics). Each IC
> + exposes two or four full-duplex UART channels with 256-byte RX/TX FIFOs
> + through a single SPI slave interface and one interrupt line, and is
> + clocked from a single external reference clock. Each channel is
> + described by a "serial@N" child node that carries its own serial and
> + RS-485 properties.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + enum:
> + - wkmic,wk2124
> + - wkmic,wk2132
> + - wkmic,wk2168
> + - wkmic,wk2212
> + - wkmic,wk2204
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + interrupts:
> + description:
> + When missing, the device driver uses polling instead.
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + clocks:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + "#address-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> + "#size-cells":
> + const: 0
> +
> +patternProperties:
> + "^serial@[0-3]$":
> + type: object
> + description: A single UART channel of the chip.
> + allOf:
> + - $ref: /schemas/serial/serial.yaml#
> + - $ref: /schemas/serial/rs485.yaml#
> + properties:
> + reg:
> + description: UART channel number on the chip.
> + maximum: 3
> + required:
> + - reg
> + unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - clocks
> + - "#address-cells"
> + - "#size-cells"
> +
> +allOf:
> + - $ref: /schemas/spi/spi-peripheral-props.yaml#
> +
> + - if:
> + properties:
> + compatible:
> + contains:
> + enum:
> + - wkmic,wk2132
> + - wkmic,wk2212
> + then:
> + patternProperties:
> + "^serial@[23]$": false
> +
> +unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
> +
> + xtal: clock-11059200 {
> + compatible = "fixed-clock";
> + clock-frequency = <11059200>;
> + #clock-cells = <0>;
> + };
Drop this node here please, the infra will populate it at runtime to
make your example work.
pw-bot: changes-requested
Otherwise, it looks fine.to me..
Thanks,
Conor.
> +
> + spi {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + serial@0 {
> + compatible = "wkmic,wk2204";
> + reg = <0>;
> + spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;
> + clocks = <&xtal>;
> + interrupt-parent = <&gpio>;
> + interrupts = <24 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + serial@0 {
> + reg = <0>;
> + };
> +
> + serial@1 {
> + reg = <1>;
> + rs485-rts-active-low;
> + linux,rs485-enabled-at-boot-time;
> + };
> + };
> + };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> index ba2002969373..cdc04229d642 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> @@ -1907,6 +1907,8 @@ patternProperties:
> description: Wireless Tag (qiming yunduan)
> "^wits,.*":
> description: Shenzhen Merrii Technology Co., Ltd. (WITS)
> + "^wkmic,.*":
> + description: Chengdu Weikai Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (http://www.wkmic.com/)
> "^wlf,.*":
> description: Wolfson Microelectronics
> "^wm,.*":
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 3b2eb2a7a89a..e4a2443524d4 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -29432,6 +29432,13 @@ M: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>
> S: Maintained
> F: drivers/input/misc/wistron_btns.c
>
> +WK2XXX SPI UART DRIVER
> +M: Huang Yang <hy@wkmic.com>
> +L: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
> +S: Maintained
> +F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/wkmic,wk2124.yaml
> +F: drivers/tty/serial/wk2xxx.c
> +
> WMI BINARY MOF DRIVER
> M: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> R: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-09 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 8:24 [PATCH v5 0/2] WK2xxx SPI to UART bridge driver zjzhao
2026-10-09 8:24 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: Document WK2xxx SPI UART zjzhao
2026-10-09 8:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 14:58 ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2026-10-09 8:24 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] serial: wk2xxx: Add WK2xxx SPI UART driver zjzhao
2026-10-09 8:39 ` sashiko-bot
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