Add the optional boolean property dlg,no-gpio-control. When present, it
indicates that no DA91xx GPIO pins are configured/used with functions
RELOAD/DVC/EN, which can affect the output voltage control, regulator
mode control and enable signal control.

It is mutually exclusive with enable-gpios, regardless of whether the
referenced GPIO is connected to a GPIO pin or the IC_EN pin, since
enable-gpios allows the regulator to be controlled via an external
hardware signal.

Co-developed-by: Waqar Hameed <waqar.hameed@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Waqar Hameed <waqar.hameed@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: André Svensson <andre.svensson@axis.com>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121.yaml  | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121.yaml
index 13b3f75f8e5e..ce76eb5b85bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ properties:
       Specify the polling period, measured in milliseconds, between interrupt status
       update checks. Range 1000-10000 ms.
 
+  dlg,no-gpio-control:
+    type: boolean
+    description: |
+      Available GPIO input pins of the regulator are strapped to fixed levels, therefore
+      GPIO configurable input functions, DVC/RELOAD/EN, cannot dynamically update BUCK
+      registers. GPIO pins connected as output pins are not required to be strapped to a
+      fixed level. Not allowed together with enable-gpios.
+
   regulators:
     type: object
     additionalProperties: false
@@ -134,6 +142,17 @@ allOf:
           properties:
             buck2: false
 
+  - if:
+      required:
+        - dlg,no-gpio-control
+    then:
+      properties:
+        regulators:
+          patternProperties:
+            "^buck([1-2])$":
+              properties:
+                enable-gpios: false
+
 additionalProperties: false
 
 examples:
@@ -168,6 +187,36 @@ examples:
       };
     };
 
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
+    #include <dt-bindings/regulator/dlg,da9121-regulator.h>
+    i2c {
+      #address-cells = <1>;
+      #size-cells = <0>;
+      pmic@68 {
+        compatible = "dlg,da9121";
+        reg = <0x68>;
+
+        interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
+        interrupts = <11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
+
+        dlg,irq-polling-delay-passive-ms = <2000>;
+        dlg,no-gpio-control;
+
+        regulators {
+          DA9121_BUCK: buck1 {
+            regulator-name = "BUCK1";
+            regulator-min-microvolt = <300000>;
+            regulator-max-microvolt = <1900000>;
+            regulator-min-microamp = <7000000>;
+            regulator-max-microamp = <20000000>;
+            regulator-boot-on;
+            regulator-initial-mode = <DA9121_BUCK_MODE_AUTO>;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
   - |
     #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
     #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>

-- 
2.43.0

On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 04:52:35PM +0100, André Svensson wrote:
> Add the optional boolean property dlg,no-gpio-control. When present, it
> indicates that no DA91xx GPIO pins are configured/used with functions
> RELOAD/DVC/EN, which can affect the output voltage control, regulator
> mode control and enable signal control.

> It is mutually exclusive with enable-gpios, regardless of whether the
> referenced GPIO is connected to a GPIO pin or the IC_EN pin, since
> enable-gpios allows the regulator to be controlled via an external
> hardware signal.

This should probably explain why we can't infer the absence of GPIOs
from the lack of any relevant GPIO properties.

On 3/9/26 5:30 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 04:52:35PM +0100, André Svensson wrote:
>> Add the optional boolean property dlg,no-gpio-control. When present, it
>> indicates that no DA91xx GPIO pins are configured/used with functions
>> RELOAD/DVC/EN, which can affect the output voltage control, regulator
>> mode control and enable signal control.
> 
>> It is mutually exclusive with enable-gpios, regardless of whether the
>> referenced GPIO is connected to a GPIO pin or the IC_EN pin, since
>> enable-gpios allows the regulator to be controlled via an external
>> hardware signal.
> 
> This should probably explain why we can't infer the absence of GPIOs
> from the lack of any relevant GPIO properties.

Thanks, I’ll clarify that in v2.