Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dts: sunxi: Add Allwinner H3 DTSI

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 26-10-15 22:06, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 10:47:49AM +0200, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:13:28 +0200
> > Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Or simply
> > >
> > > bus_gates {
> > > 	clocks = <&ahb1>, <&ahb2>;
> > > 	clock-indices = <5>, <6>, <8>, ...
> > > 	clock-output-names = "bus_ce", "bus_dma", "bus_mmc0"
> > > };
> >
> > I don't understand: the apb1, apb2, ahb1 and ahb2 clocks may be
> > programmed independently to different frequencies
>
> I don't understand why you're talking about frequencies here.
>
> > and you have to know which of them is the parent of each leaf clock.
>
> Indeed, but that's also doable here. Just not in the DT.
>
> > So, either you hard-code the parents as Jens did in a first proposal,
> > or you define the full list of parents in the DT as in the last
> > proposal, or you use a container per parent in the DT as I proposed.
> >
> > There could be an other solution using the output clock name to define
> > the parent clock:
> >
> > bus_gates {
> > 	clocks = <&ahb1>, <&ahb2>, <&apb1>, <&apb2>;
> > 	clock-indices = <5>, <6>, <8>, ...
> > 	clock-output-names = "ahb1_ce", "ahb1_dma", "ahb1_mmc0"
> > };
> >
> > with the documentation:
> >
> > 	"the clocks MUST be defined in order: ahb1, ahb2, apb1, apb2."
> >
> > and the code
> >
> > 	if (strncmp(clock_name, "ahb1", 4) == 0)
> > 		clk_parent = of_clk_get_parent_name(node, 0);
> > 	else if (..)
> >
> > but it seems a bit hacky.
>
> It's exactly what I suggested, without the string comparison, but
> relying on the ID instead.

I'm not following you here, what do you mean with "the ID" ?

Regards,

Hans
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