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a=openpgp-sha256; l=4278;\n i=thomas.perrot@bootlin.com; h=from:subject:message-id;\n bh=ays/7jNwW83CF93SHZVFHVvuLfD/wIAAwD4jrcSavkE=;\n b=owEB7QES/pANAwAKAZ/ACwVx/grtAcsmYgBp1o7Dcs3pGUCJVgH0wv4fifMTQ43eT7+gmyEq0\n GBStzGjCJiJAbMEAAEKAB0WIQSHQHfGpqMKIwOoEiGfwAsFcf4K7QUCadaOwwAKCRCfwAsFcf4K\n 7X3/DACUMsrlamPpXwrcTDRZAlqDJTA3mvxlKDttCd4kyVBnt2mOkeicVC7GHSaC18Ng3kSmDe8\n Gzlcv6JPWdLit91T/pO4cs5+8wUWpeZTA+6bTEfxHYCUFfUZsKO7cnvKoV45hE7wxRcYkJbshk4\n cehXRpVYtj+RzWEN7UwucBpvxAoJmhTD9lntAugndNIqM+hPPvD2IORRdUDNuE4Y/Xq9V+sjK2r\n uP157fvYGxkOPsRtd4iQuFo6/aJiFSvPrSf9FErodYvOO6nXMTAT/hN6rbbubtItFhKU8Qx2OA1\n yHMTUkBNxYfMsEyw5czyyqr6zlxnUpGEICeM2cfUl4x9fHAlTQyFQODqaRRLGsoMe+eqxR4d0wp\n eI/VOYtboYNZVbhSNkIMd6qiirnwV0QxTAGySTJ6xkDbEx3+0bubDWq5nuF66WuZaZ5HSe2c9zi\n D1U4J3HHA21BopSPjfATaQiFahDUPmx/VWOU8YHgQI27ZOsFm0U3QozGc2s4u+8UPLJZY=", "X-Developer-Key": "i=thomas.perrot@bootlin.com; a=openpgp;\n fpr=874077C6A6A30A2303A812219FC00B0571FE0AED", "X-Last-TLS-Session-Version": "TLSv1.3" }, "content": "This patch series introduces support for the AAEON SRG-IMX8P embedded\ncontroller (MCU). The MCU is connected via I2C and provides GPIO and\nwatchdog functionality for the SRG-IMX8P board.\n\nThe series includes:\n- Device tree binding for the MFD driver\n- MFD driver that serves as the core driver for the MCU\n- GPIO driver implementing the GPIO functionality\n- Watchdog driver for system monitoring\n- MAINTAINERS entry for the new drivers\n\nThe drivers follow the standard Linux kernel subsystem patterns, with\nthe MFD driver registering the sub-devices (GPIO and watchdog) which\nare then handled by their respective subsystem drivers.\n\nSigned-off-by: Thomas Perrot (Schneider Electric) <thomas.perrot@bootlin.com>\n---\nChanges in v5:\n- mfd: use heap-allocated DMA-safe buffers for I2C transfers, replacing\n stack-allocated buffers in the regmap bus callbacks\n- mfd: switch from REGCACHE_NONE to REGCACHE_MAPLE; add volatile_reg\n callback marking GPIO input read registers (opcode 0x72) as volatile;\n add max_register\n- mfd: use PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO instead of PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE\n- mfd: use MFD_CELL_BASIC() macro for cell definitions\n- mfd: use dev_err_probe() for regmap initialization error\n- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260324-dev-b4-aaeon-mcu-driver-v4-0-afb011df4794@bootlin.com\n\nChanges in v4:\n- mfd: switch to a custom regmap bus; remove aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer() and the aaeon_mcu_dev struct\n- mfd: locking delegated to regmap's built-in mutex; drop explicit mutex\n- mfd: remove firmware version reading at probe time\n- gpio, watchdog: use regmap_read()/regmap_write() via dev_get_regmap()\n- include: replace aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer() declaration with AAEON_MCU_REG() macro\n- dt-bindings: remove unused label from example node\n- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203-dev-b4-aaeon-mcu-driver-v3-0-0a19432076ac@bootlin.com\n\nChanges in v3:\n- Renamed SRG-IMX8PL to SRG-IMX8P\n- dt-bindings: add gpio-controller properties as required\n- mfd: move struct aaeon_mcu_dev from header to .c file (private)\n- mfd: use guard(mutex) and devm_mutex_init() for cleanup\n- mfd: firmware version log changed to dev_dbg()\n- mfd: add select MFD_CORE to Kconfig\n- Kconfig: add || COMPILE_TEST to all three drivers\n- watchdog: add comments explaining hardware timeout and WDOG_HW_RUNNING\n- watchdog: remove unused platform_set_drvdata()\n- watchdog: add a function to query the status\n- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260123-dev-b4-aaeon-mcu-driver-v2-0-9f4c00bfb5cb@bootlin.com\n\nChanges in v2:\n- Fold GPIO and watchdog bindings into MFD binding\n- Drop OF_GPIO dependency in GPIO Kconfig\n- Use __set_bit/__clear_bit/__assign_bit instead of atomic variants\n- Various driver cleanups and improvements\n- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251212-dev-b4-aaeon-mcu-driver-v1-0-6bd65bc8ef12@bootlin.com\n\n---\nThomas Perrot (Schneider Electric) (5):\n dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add AAEON vendor prefix\n dt-bindings: mfd: Add AAEON embedded controller\n mfd: aaeon: Add SRG-IMX8P MCU driver\n gpio: aaeon: Add GPIO driver for SRG-IMX8P MCU\n watchdog: aaeon: Add watchdog driver for SRG-IMX8P MCU\n\n .../bindings/mfd/aaeon,srg-imx8p-mcu.yaml | 67 ++++++\n .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 +\n MAINTAINERS | 10 +\n drivers/gpio/Kconfig | 9 +\n drivers/gpio/Makefile | 1 +\n drivers/gpio/gpio-aaeon-mcu.c | 229 +++++++++++++++++++++\n drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 10 +\n drivers/mfd/Makefile | 1 +\n drivers/mfd/aaeon-mcu.c | 204 ++++++++++++++++++\n drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 10 +\n drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 1 +\n drivers/watchdog/aaeon_mcu_wdt.c | 132 ++++++++++++\n include/linux/mfd/aaeon-mcu.h | 40 ++++\n 13 files changed, 716 insertions(+)\n---\nbase-commit: d358e5254674b70f34c847715ca509e46eb81e6f\nchange-id: 20251211-dev-b4-aaeon-mcu-driver-e0e89ebf4afb\n\nBest regards," }