Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: clock: Add Bitmain BM1880 SoC clock controller binding

From: Manivannan Sadhasivam
Date: Fri Aug 16 2019 - 23:58:57 EST


On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 08:46:11PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Manivannan Sadhasivam (2019-08-16 20:34:22)
> > On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:01:28PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > Quoting Manivannan Sadhasivam (2019-07-05 08:14:36)
> > > > +It is expected that it is defined using standard clock bindings as "osc".
> > > > +
> > > > +Example:
> > > > +
> > > > + clk: clock-controller@800 {
> > > > + compatible = "bitmain,bm1880-clk";
> > > > + reg = <0xe8 0x0c>,<0x800 0xb0>;
> > >
> > > It looks weird still. What hardware module is this actually part of?
> > > Some larger power manager block?
> > >
> >
> > These are all part of the sysctrl block (clock + pinctrl + reset) and the
> > register domains got split between system and pll.
> >
>
> And that can't be one node that probes the clk, pinctrl, and reset
> drivers from C code?

It is not a MFD for sure. It's just grouping of the register domains together.

Thanks,
Mani
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