[PATCH v2 04/10] dt-bindings: input: apple: Add DockChannel HID transport

From: Michael Reeves via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 07:17:11 EST


From: Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@xxxxxxxxx>

Apple internal keyboards and trackpads behind MTP are exposed through a
DockChannel HID transport.

Add the client binding tying together the RTKit ASC mailbox,
DockChannel mailbox, and MTP DART. The keyboard child can provide the
HID country code used by hid-apple to distinguish layout variants.

Describe the optional STM child, which supplies the device identifiers
and serial number shared by the HID interfaces.

Signed-off-by: Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@xxxxxxxxx>

---
Conor's v1 Reviewed-by is not carried forward because v2 adds the STM binding.
---
.../input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
2 files changed, 105 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c25e072b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Apple DockChannel HID Transport
+
+maintainers:
+ - Michael Reeves <michael.reeves077@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+description:
+ HID transport for keyboard and trackpad devices connected via the
+ DockChannel FIFO mailbox on Apple Silicon SoCs. The endpoint includes a
+ small RTKit coprocessor called MTP which must be booted before the HID
+ transport becomes available.
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ oneOf:
+ - items:
+ - const: apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid
+ - items:
+ - enum:
+ - apple,t6020-dockchannel-hid
+ - apple,t6030-dockchannel-hid
+ - apple,t6031-dockchannel-hid
+ - apple,t8122-dockchannel-hid
+ - const: apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid
+
+ reg:
+ items:
+ - description: Coprocessor ASC registers
+ - description: Coprocessor SRAM/mailbox registers
+
+ reg-names:
+ items:
+ - const: coproc-asc
+ - const: coproc-sram
+
+ mboxes:
+ items:
+ - description: ASC mailbox used for RTKit control
+ - description: DockChannel FIFO mailbox used for HID packets
+
+ mbox-names:
+ items:
+ - const: asc
+ - const: dockchannel
+
+ iommus:
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ stm:
+ type: object
+ description:
+ STM interface providing the vendor, product and version identifiers
+ and serial number shared by the HID devices. When present, the host
+ must query this interface before registering the keyboard.
+ additionalProperties: false
+
+ keyboard:
+ type: object
+ properties:
+ hid-country-code:
+ $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
+ description:
+ HID country code for the keyboard layout variant.
+
+ additionalProperties: false
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - reg
+ - reg-names
+ - mboxes
+ - mbox-names
+ - iommus
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ soc {
+ #address-cells = <2>;
+ #size-cells = <2>;
+
+ hid@24e400000 {
+ compatible = "apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid";
+ reg = <0x2 0x4e400000 0x0 0x4000>,
+ <0x2 0x4ec00000 0x0 0x100000>;
+ reg-names = "coproc-asc", "coproc-sram";
+ mboxes = <&mtp_mbox>, <&mtp_dockchannel>;
+ mbox-names = "asc", "dockchannel";
+ iommus = <&mtp_dart 1>;
+
+ stm {
+ };
+
+ keyboard {
+ hid-country-code = <0>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0183c3e1c..7fe2ebb5e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2637,6 +2637,7 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/apple,smc-gpio.yaml
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpu/apple,agx.yaml
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/apple,smc-hwmon.yaml
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/apple,i2c.yaml
+F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/apple,t8112-dockchannel-hid.yaml
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/touchscreen/apple,z2-multitouch.yaml
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/apple,*
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/apple,dart.yaml

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