dt-bindings: mux: Document mux-states property

In some cases, it is required to provide the state to which the mux
controller has to be set to, from the consumer device tree node. Document
the property mux-states that can be used for adding this support.

Signed-off-by: Aswath Govindraju <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Author: Aswath-Govindraju

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml

@@ -26,15 +26,22 @@ properties:
       List of gpios used to control the multiplexer, least significant bit first.
 
   '#mux-control-cells':
-    const: 0
+    enum: [ 0, 1 ]
+
+  '#mux-state-cells':
+    enum: [ 1, 2 ]
 
   idle-state:
     default: -1
 
 required:
   - compatible
   - mux-gpios
-  - "#mux-control-cells"
+anyOf:
+  - required:
+      - "#mux-control-cells"
+  - required:
+      - "#mux-state-cells"
 
 additionalProperties: false
 

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-consumer.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ description: |
   strings to label each of the mux controllers listed in the "mux-controls"
   property.
 
+  If it is required to provide the state that the mux controller needs to
+  be set to, the property "mux-states" must be used. An optional property
+  "mux-state-names" can be used to provide a list of strings, to label
+  each of the multiplixer states listed in the "mux-states" property.
+
+  Properties "mux-controls" and "mux-states" can be used depending on how
+  the consumers want to control the mux controller. If the consumer needs
+  needs to set multiple states in a mux controller, then property
+  "mux-controls" can be used. If the consumer needs to set the mux
+  controller to a given state then property "mux-states" can be used.
+
   mux-ctrl-specifier typically encodes the chip-relative mux controller number.
   If the mux controller chip only provides a single mux controller, the
   mux-ctrl-specifier can typically be left out.
@@ -35,12 +46,22 @@ properties:
   mux-controls:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
 
+  mux-states:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
+
   mux-control-names:
     description:
       Devices that use more than a single mux controller can use the
       "mux-control-names" property to map the name of the requested mux
       controller to an index into the list given by the "mux-controls" property.
 
+  mux-state-names:
+    description:
+      Devices that use more than a single multiplexer state can use the
+      "mux-state-names" property to map the name of the requested mux
+      controller to an index into the list given by the "mux-states"
+      property.
+
 additionalProperties: true
 
 ...

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-controller.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ description: |
   --------------------
 
   Mux controller nodes must specify the number of cells used for the
-  specifier using the '#mux-control-cells' property.
+  specifier using the '#mux-control-cells' or '#mux-state-cells' property.
+  The value of '#mux-state-cells' will always be one greater than the value
+  of '#mux-control-cells'.
 
   Optionally, mux controller nodes can also specify the state the mux should
   have when it is idle. The idle-state property is used for this. If the
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ select:
           pattern: '^mux-controller'
     - required:
         - '#mux-control-cells'
+    - required:
+        - '#mux-state-cells'
 
 properties:
   $nodename:
@@ -75,6 +79,9 @@ properties:
   '#mux-control-cells':
     enum: [ 0, 1 ]
 
+  '#mux-state-cells':
+    enum: [ 1, 2 ]
+
   idle-state:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/int32
     minimum: -2
@@ -179,4 +186,21 @@ examples:
             };
         };
     };
+
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+
+    mux1: mux-controller {
+        compatible = "gpio-mux";
+        #mux-state-cells = <1>;
+        mux-gpios = <&exp_som 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+    };
+
+    transceiver4: can-phy4 {
+        compatible = "ti,tcan1042";
+        #phy-cells = <0>;
+        max-bitrate = <5000000>;
+        standby-gpios = <&exp_som 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+        mux-states = <&mux1 1>;
+    };
 ...