[PATCH 2/4] arm64: dts: freescale: imx95-verdin: Add Cortex-M7 UART_4 overlay

From: Ernest Van Hoecke

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 10:48:41 EST


From: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Verdin UART_4 can be assigned to Cortex-M7 firmware. Add an overlay
that reserves LPUART2 so Linux does not claim the port. Firmware must
configure the UART and its pads for the intended MCU application.

The overlay is also combined with the Verdin iMX95 Development Board
device tree to provide a ready-to-use DTB for the WiFi SoM variant.

Signed-off-by: Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile | 3 +++
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtso | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
index a7ae74a706a8..c283c582d974 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile
@@ -966,8 +966,10 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-nonwifi-ivy.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-nonwifi-mallow.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-nonwifi-yavia.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-nonwifi-zinnia.dtb
+dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtbo
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-dahlia.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-dev-nau8822-btl.dtb
+dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-dev-uart4-mcu.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-dev.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-ivy.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-mallow.dtb
@@ -975,6 +977,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-yavia.dtb
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-verdin-wifi-zinnia.dtb

imx95-verdin-wifi-dev-nau8822-btl-dtbs := imx95-verdin-wifi-dev.dtb imx95-verdin-dev-nau8822-btl.dtbo
+imx95-verdin-wifi-dev-uart4-mcu-dtbs := imx95-verdin-wifi-dev.dtb imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtbo

imx95-15x15-evk-pcie-dtbs += imx95-15x15-evk.dtb imx-m2-pcie.dtbo
dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MXC) += imx95-15x15-evk-pcie.dtb
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtso b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtso
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efe3849f262d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx95-verdin-uart4-mcu.dtso
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Toradex
+ *
+ * Verdin iMX95 UART_4 for Cortex-M7
+ */
+
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+
+/* Verdin UART_4 */
+&lpuart2 {
+ status = "reserved";
+};

--
2.43.0