> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc:
> document optional "memory-region-names"
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 09:34:09AM -0700, Laurentiu Mihalcea wrote:
> > From: Laurentiu Mihalcea <[email protected]>
> >
> > The carveout region names are derived based on the DT node names.
> > Because of this, the DT node names are ABI, which is not supposed to
> happen.
> >
> > Fix this by documenting an additional, optional property:
> > "memory-region-names". This way, the software will have a way to
> build
> > the carveout region names without relying on the DT node names.
> 
> "After update all existing DT tree, this will be required.
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Mihalcea <[email protected]>
> > ---
> 
> Additional information to help understand why it is important.
> 
> 1. at thread wrong use vdevbuffer insteand vdev0buffer as node name
> https://lore.kernel.org/imx/[email protected]
> ernel.org/
> 2. similar case happen at
> https://lore.kernel.org/imx/[email protected]
> ernel.org/
> 
> Suppose these problem should be detected by dt binding check instead
> of sashkio ai.
> 
> 
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-rproc.yaml         | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-
> rproc.yaml
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-
> rproc.yaml
> > index c18f71b64889..8e3e6676a95e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-
> rproc.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/fsl,imx-
> rproc.yaml
> > @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ properties:
> >      minItems: 1
> >      maxItems: 32
> >
> > +  memory-region-names:
> > +    minItems: 1
> > +    maxItems: 32
> > +
> 
> Need restrict names
> 
>   memory-region-names:
>     description:
>       Names for the memory-region phandles. Each entry must be one of
> the
>       following recognized names. "vdev0buffer" is the shared buffer for
>       virtio device 0, handled automatically by the rproc virtio framework.
>       "vdev<n>ring<n>" (e.g. "vdev0vring0", "vdev0vring1") are the virtio
>       vring buffers for device N, also managed by the virtio framework.
>       "rsc-table" is the resource table region used to share the resource
>       table between Linux and the remote processor when it is pre-
> loaded in
>       memory. All other entries are treated as generic carveout regions
> that
>       are mapped and made available to the remote processor.
>     minItems: 1
>     maxItems: 32
>     items:
>       anyOf:
>         - const: rsc-table
>         - pattern: "^vdev[0-9]+buffer$"
>         - pattern: "^vdev[0-9]+vring[0-9]+$"

There might be other entries such as m4_reserved or m7_reserved

Regards
Peng.

> 
> Frank
> 
> >    power-domains:
> >      minItems: 2
> >      maxItems: 8
> > --
> > 2.53.0
> >

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