Re: [PATCH 01/28] dt-bindings: sound: Add Apple Macs sound peripherals

From: Sven Peter

Date: Sun Sep 20 2026 - 14:46:13 EST


Hi,

On 20.09.26 06:53, James Calligeros wrote:
From: Martin Povišer <povik+lin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Add binding for Apple Silicon Macs machine-level integration of sound
peripherals.

Signed-off-by: Martin Povišer <povik+lin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: James Calligeros <jcalligeros99@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Calligeros <jcalligeros99@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml | 235 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 235 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd844c9928c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/sound/apple,macaudio.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Sound peripheral integration for Apple Silicon Macs
+
+description:
+ This binding represents the overall machine-level integration of sound
+ peripherals on Apple Silicon Macs, starting with the M1 series.
+
+maintainers:
+ - James Calligeros <jcalligeros99@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ oneOf:
+ - description: First-of-their-kind machines
+ items:
+ - enum:
+ - apple,j180-macaudio
+ - apple,j274-macaudio
+ - apple,j293-macaudio
+ - apple,j313-macaudio
+ - apple,j314-macaudio
+ - apple,j316-macaudio
+ - apple,j375-macaudio
+ - apple,j413-macaudio
+ - apple,j415-macaudio
+ - apple,j473-macaudio
+ - apple,j456-macaudio
+ - apple,j457-macaudio
+ - const: apple,macaudio

We've had some not-so-great experiences with these generic compatibles in the past. I'd just drop it.



Sven