Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: reset: introduce toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml

[Alex Elder <elder@riscstar.com>]

On 10/12/26 4:22 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 02:10:01PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
>> On 10/12/26 1:51 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:43:52AM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
>>>> Define the binding for the reset controller functionality present in
>>>> the Toshiba TC9564 SoC.
>>>>
>>>> Co-developed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel@riscstar.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel@riscstar.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@riscstar.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    .../bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml  | 56 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    MAINTAINERS                                   |  7 +++
>>>>    include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h    | 26 +++++++++
>>>>    3 files changed, 89 insertions(+)
>>>>    create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml
>>>>    create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000000000..1908e9539abac
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>>> +---
>>>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml#
>>>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>>>> +
>>>> +title: Toshiba TC9564 Reset Controller
>>>> +
>>>> +maintainers:
>>>> +  - Alex Elder <elder@riscstar.com>
>>>> +  - Daniel Thompson <daniel@riscstar.com>
>>>> +
>>>> +description:
>>>> +  The Toshiba TC9564 is an SoC accessed by a host system through the
>>>> +  upstream PCIe port on the PCIe switch it implements.  The switch
>>>> +  includes an embedded PCIe endpoint that provides access to various
>>>> +  SoC peripherals (including a reset controller) via its BARs.
>>>> +
>>>> +  A total of 13 resets are implemented, though two of these are not
>>>> +  controllable.  Access to the reset controller relies on PCIe being
>>>> +  functional, so the PCIe reset is assumed to be deasserted.  Similarly,
>>>> +  the PCIe controller relies on I2C, so the I2C reset is also assumed
>>>> +  to be deasserted.
>>>> +
>>>> +  Reset ids are defined in <dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h>.
>>>> +
>>>> +  The reset controller uses registers within the same page as a
>>>> +  clock controller, so both devices are defined as children of a
>>>> +  "config" syscon.
>>>> +
>>>> +properties:
>>>> +  compatible:
>>>> +    const: toshiba,tc9564-reset
>>>
>>> Why does this need to exist as a standalone device, rather than be
>>> rolled up into the parent syscon node? It doesn't have any resources, so
>>> it should be doable.
>>
>> This is along the lines of what Krzysztof has mentioned, and it
>> seems clear I must be missing something.
>>
>>> This kind of thing for a syscon is always difficult to review when only
>>> one element is present - where is the rest of the syscon's
>>> functionality?
>>
>> The reason a syscon was used was simply for the benefit of
>> having a shared regmap that the reset, clock, and DWMAC drivers
>> can use.  All three of those drivers use registers that reside
>> within a single page of addressible MMIO space.
> 
> What does the dwmac use the region for? I assume it's for some misc
> register and you don't mean that the dwmac lies within the region?

That's right.  There is one register (per DWMAC--there are two)
that contains one bit (bit 21) that is used to signal that 
initialization of the PMA is done.  We assert reset, set up
clocks, then deassert, and finally wait for this bit to be set.
The DWMAC code uses a phandle property to refer to the syscon,
like:
     toshiba,config-syscon = <&tc9564_config_syscon0 0x1070>

So again, the purpose of the syscon was to get the automatic
regmap for managing the region, which contains registers used
for distinct purposes.

After making the syscon be the parent of both the reset and
clock nodes, I *removed* the "reg" properties and just defined
those offsets in the driver.  Maybe that was a mistake.
> There's nothing inherently wrong with the act of using of a syscon here,
> what I am actually complaining about is how you are using it.
> In cases where a syscon region contains clock and reset, the typical way
> we want people to do this is via something like
> 
> syscon@f00 {
> 	compatible = "toshiba,tc9564-bla-syscon", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
> 	reg = <0x0 0x2000>;
> 	#reset-cells = <1>;
> 	#clock-cells = <1>;
> };

In this case it seems I must create a syscon driver that provides
combined reset and clock functionality.  Is that right?  (This
series is the result of separating the reset code from the clock
code in a combined driver.)

To be honest I don't have a lot of experience with proper use of
syscons.  I have no problem writing or restructuring the code,
it just seems I need help knowing what the final structure should
look like.

> because the child node exists for no other reason than to access linux
> driver probing in the most trivial way. If there's some features that
> actually need a child node, that's fine, but those will end up being
> things with significantly more properties or things with competing
> property use (e.g. if there were devices with buses that need
> address/size cells).

I'm not sure I understand this statement (and that might be part
of the problem).

There are other devices (currently just two DWMACs, plus an
interrupt controller that generates MSIs for each PCI function)
that use the reset and clock signals.  I haven't yet
posted the reworked DWMAC code but I just sent the first version
of the interrupt driver yesterday.
   https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261012190245.3988619-1-elder@riscstar.com/

>> And I don't know that I can guarantee their probe order.
> 
> I am assuming this is moot, since I am not objecting to using a syscon?
> 
>> There is otherwise no "system controller" that is treated as
>> a logical entity within the SoC.
>>
>> What is the proper way for me to represent this?  It's fairly
>> simple; and I mainly want to ensure all three of those drivers
>> can safely access their addresses.
> 
> What else does this region actually contain?

At this point I've described everything we now use.  Two
registers control a set of resets; two registers enable and
disable a set of clocks; and two registers each contain a
bit to signal readiness of a DWMAC device.

There are other registers in this region, but at this time
we don't use them.

					-Alex

> 
> Cheers,
> Conor.
> 
>>>> +
>>>> +  "#reset-cells":
>>>> +    const: 1
>>>> +
>>>> +required:
>>>> +  - compatible
>>>> +  - "#reset-cells"
>>>> +
>>>> +unevaluatedProperties: false
>>>> +
>>>> +examples:
>>>> +  - |
>>>> +    #include <dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +    syscon@0 {
>>>> +        compatible = "syscon", "simple-mfd";
>>>> +        reg = <0x0 0x2000>;
>>>> +
>>>> +        reset {
>>>> +            compatible = "toshiba,tc9564-reset";
>>>> +            #reset-cells = <1>;
>>>> +        };
>>>> +    };
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index 252b6d7ee1638..d0eb44079fe17 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -28180,6 +28180,13 @@ S:	Maintained
>>>>    F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/pci1179,0220.yaml
>>>>    F:	drivers/misc/tc9564-pci.c
>>>> +TOSHIBA TC9564 RESET DRIVER
>>>> +M:	Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org>
>>>> +M:	Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>
>>>> +S:	Maintained
>>>> +F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564-reset.yaml
>>>> +F:	include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h
>>>> +
>>>>    TOSHIBA WMI HOTKEYS DRIVER
>>>>    M:	Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com>
>>>>    L:	platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
>>>> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h b/include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000000000..5fcc9a06d4ff6
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/reset/toshiba,tc9564.h
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) */
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2026 by RISCstar Solutions Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifndef __RESET_TOSHIBA_TC9564_H__
>>>> +#define __RESET_TOSHIBA_TC9564_H__
>>>> +
>>>> +/* Reset IDs */
>>>> +
>>>> +#define RESET_MCU		0
>>>> +#define RESET_MCU1		1
>>>> +#define RESET_MSIGEN		2
>>>> +#define RESET_INTC		3
>>>> +#define RESET_UART		4
>>>> +
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC0_MAC		5
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC0_PMA		6
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC0_XPCS		7
>>>> +
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC1_MAC		8
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC1_PMA		9
>>>> +#define RESET_MAC1_XPCS		10
>>>> +
>>>> +#endif /* __RESET_TOSHIBA_TC9564_H__*/
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.53.0
>>>>
>>