Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: rtc: Convert rtc-cmos binding to YAML

[Conor Dooley]

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 03:29:29PM +0530, Teja Sai Charan B wrote:
> From: Teja Sai Charan Bellamkonda <tejaasaye@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Convert the rtc-cmos devicetree bindings to dt schema.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Teja Sai Charan Bellamkonda <tejaasaye@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt      | 27 ---------
>  .../devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml     | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 7d7b5f6bda65..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.txt
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
> - Motorola mc146818 compatible RTC
> -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -
> -Required properties:
> -  - compatible : "motorola,mc146818"
> -  - reg : should contain registers location and length.
> -
> -Optional properties:
> -  - interrupts : should contain interrupt.
> -  - ctrl-reg : Contains the initial value of the control register also
> -    called "Register B".
> -  - freq-reg : Contains the initial value of the frequency register also
> -    called "Register A".
> -
> -"Register A" and "B" are usually initialized by the firmware (BIOS for
> -instance). If this is not done, it can be performed by the driver.
> -
> -ISA Example:
> -
> -	rtc@70 {
> -	         compatible = "motorola,mc146818";
> -	         interrupts = <8 3>;
> -	         interrupt-parent = <&ioapic1>;
> -	         ctrl-reg = <2>;
> -	         freq-reg = <0x26>;
> -	         reg = <1 0x70 2>;
> -	 };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e368264ac483
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/rtc/rtc-cmos.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Motorola mc146818 compatible RTC
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: motorola,mc146818

It's not a problem with the conversion per se, but as sashiko pointed out,
there's an intel device with a soc-specific compatible.
Could you document that here, with a fallback to this motorola one
please?

pw-bot: changes-requested

Thanks,
Conor.

> +
> +  reg:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  interrupts:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  ctrl-reg:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +    description:
> +      Initial value of the control register
> +      (also known as Register B).
> +
> +  freq-reg:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +    description:
> +      Initial value of the frequency register
> +      (also known as Register A).
> +
> +required:
> +  - compatible
> +  - reg
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    bus {
> +        #address-cells = <2>;
> +        #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> +        rtc@70 {
> +            compatible = "motorola,mc146818";
> +            reg = <1 0x70 2>;

Please be consistent here about using only hex, even if the text file
didn't do that.

> +
> +            interrupts = <8 3>;
> +
> +            ctrl-reg = <2>;
> +            freq-reg = <0x26>;
> +        };
> +    };
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>

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