Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: dma: arm-dma350: update DT binding docs for cix sky1 SoC

Jun Guo
2026-01-13T02:05:17Z

Hi Robin,

Looking forward to your reply.

On 12/16/2025 8:43 PM, Robin Murphy wrote:
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> On 2025-12-16 12:30 pm, Jun Guo wrote:
>> Add SoC-specific compatible strings to the DT binding documents to
>> support
>> cix sky1 SoC.
>>
>> When adding support for a new SoC that uses the arm dma controller,
>> future contributors should be encouraged to actually add SoC-specific
>> compatible strings. The use of the "arm,dma-350" compatible string in
>> isolation should be disallowed.
>
> No, you've missed the point - however many channels the hardware
> implements, the DT should list that many interrupt specifiers; it
> doesn't matter whether any of them happen to be the same.
>
The interrupts defined in the device tree are based on the hardware
interrupt numbers of the GIC, not the DMA interrupt specifiers.
Therefore, I believe it is not possible to configure them as you
suggested. If you have a demo, you could share it for reference.
Typically, interrupts in the device tree are defined as follows:

interrupts = <GIC_SPI 303 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;

> Thanks,
> Robin.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Jun Guo <jun.guo@cixtech.com>
>> ---
>>   .../devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml  | 31 +++++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml b/
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
>> index 429f682f15d8..78bcc7f9aa8b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm,dma-350.yaml
>> @@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ allOf:
>>
>>   properties:
>>     compatible:
>> -    const: arm,dma-350
>> +    oneOf:
>> +      - items:
>> +          - enum:
>> +              - cix,sky1-dma-350
>> +          - const: arm,dma-350
>>
>>     reg:
>>       items:
>> @@ -22,15 +26,22 @@ properties:
>>
>>     interrupts:
>>       minItems: 1
>> -    items:
>> -      - description: Channel 0 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 1 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 2 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 3 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 4 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 5 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 6 interrupt
>> -      - description: Channel 7 interrupt
>> +    maxItems: 8
>> +    description: |
>> +      The DMA controller may be configured with separate interrupts
>> for each channel,
>> +      or with a single combined interrupt for all channels, depending
>> on the SoC integration.
>> +    oneOf:
>> +      - items:
>> +          - description: Channel 0 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 1 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 2 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 3 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 4 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 5 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 6 interrupt
>> +          - description: Channel 7 interrupt
>> +      - items:
>> +          - description: Combined interrupt shared by all channels
>>
>>     "#dma-cells":
>>       const: 1
>

Best wishes,
Jun Guo