Arm Ethos-U micro NPU binding

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.. dtcompatible:: arm,ethos-u
.. _dtbinding_arm_ethos_u:

arm,ethos-u
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Vendor: :ref:`ARM Ltd. <dt_vendor_arm>`

Description
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   The Arm Ethos-U is a micro NPU that enables neural networks to be hardware
   accelerated on embedded devices. The Ethos-U NPU driver is provided as a
   Zephyr module that is hooked up into the Tensorflow Lite Micro framework
   as a 'TFLM custom operation'.

   This device tree entry defines board specific properties like the register
   map address and interrupt line, and is therefore expected to be included
   into the device specific device tree file.

Properties
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   .. group-tab:: Node specific properties

      Properties not inherited from the base binding file.

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         * - Name
           - Type
           - Details

         * - ``secure-enable``
           - ``boolean``
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                Configure Ethos-U NPU to operate in secure- or non-secure mode


         * - ``privilege-enable``
           - ``boolean``
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                Configure Ethos-U NPU to operate in privileged- or non-privileged mode




   .. group-tab:: Deprecated node specific properties

      Deprecated properties not inherited from the base binding file.

      (None)

   .. group-tab:: Base properties

      Properties inherited from the base binding file, which defines
      common properties that may be set on many nodes. Not all of these
      may apply to the "arm,ethos-u" compatible.

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         * - Name
           - Type
           - Details

         * - ``wakeup-source``
           - ``boolean``
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                Property to identify that a device can be used as wake up source.

                When this property is provided a specific flag is set into the
                device that tells the system that the device is capable of
                wake up the system.

                Wake up capable devices are disabled (interruptions will not wake up
                the system) by default but they can be enabled at runtime if necessary.



         * - ``power-domain``
           - ``phandle``
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                Power domain the device belongs to.

                The device will be notified when the power domain it belongs to is either
                suspended or resumed.



         * - ``zephyr,pm-device-runtime-auto``
           - ``boolean``
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                Automatically configure the device for runtime power management after the
                init function runs.



         * - ``zephyr,disabling-power-states``
           - ``phandles``
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                List of power states that will disable this device power.



         * - ``status``
           - ``string``
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                indicates the operational status of a device


             Legal values: ``'ok'``, ``'okay'``, ``'disabled'``, ``'reserved'``, ``'fail'``, ``'fail-sss'``

             See :ref:`dt-important-props` for more information.

         * - ``compatible``
           - ``string-array``
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                compatible strings


             This property is **required**.

             See :ref:`dt-important-props` for more information.

         * - ``reg``
           - ``array``
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                register space


             This property is **required**.

             See :ref:`dt-important-props` for more information.

         * - ``reg-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                name of each register space


         * - ``interrupts``
           - ``array``
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                interrupts for device


             This property is **required**.

             See :ref:`dt-important-props` for more information.

         * - ``interrupts-extended``
           - ``compound``
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                extended interrupt specifier for device


         * - ``interrupt-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                name of each interrupt


         * - ``interrupt-parent``
           - ``phandle``
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                phandle to interrupt controller node


         * - ``label``
           - ``string``
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                Human readable string describing the device (used as device_get_binding() argument)



             See :ref:`dt-important-props` for more information.

             This property is **deprecated**.

         * - ``clocks``
           - ``phandle-array``
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                Clock gate information


         * - ``clock-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                name of each clock


         * - ``#address-cells``
           - ``int``
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                number of address cells in reg property


         * - ``#size-cells``
           - ``int``
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                number of size cells in reg property


         * - ``dmas``
           - ``phandle-array``
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                DMA channels specifiers


         * - ``dma-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                Provided names of DMA channel specifiers


         * - ``io-channels``
           - ``phandle-array``
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                IO channels specifiers


         * - ``io-channel-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                Provided names of IO channel specifiers


         * - ``mboxes``
           - ``phandle-array``
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                mailbox / IPM channels specifiers


         * - ``mbox-names``
           - ``string-array``
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                Provided names of mailbox / IPM channel specifiers


         * - ``zephyr,deferred-init``
           - ``boolean``
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                Do not initialize device automatically on boot. Device should be manually
                initialized using device_init().