Re: [RFC] MIPS: BCM63XX: add Device Tree clock definitions

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Fri Nov 16 2012 - 23:15:17 EST


On 11/14/2012 05:11 AM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> On 13 November 2012 06:02, Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 11/11/2012 05:50 AM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
>>> Add definitions for the clocks found and used in all supported SoCs.
>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dts/bcm6328.dtsi b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dts/bcm6328.dtsi
>>
>>> + clocks {
>>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>>> + #size-cells = <0>;
>>> +
>>> + periph: pll {
>>> + compatible = "brcm,bcm63xx-clock";
>>> + #clock-cells = <0>;
>>> + clock-frequency = <50000000>;
>>> + clock-output-names = "periph";
>>> + };
>>
>> Here too, it seems like some reg properties would be required.
>
> This is more or less a dummy clock with no real backing for it, but
> some of the drivers expect this clock to be present (even just to get
> the frequency).

Should compatible="fixed-clock" then if this is just a dummy? Ideally
though, nothing "dummy" would be added to the DT; the kernel would
continue to provide the dummy values via code until the DT was able to
fully represent the actual HW.
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