RE: [PATCH mfd v2] mfd: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support

From: Min Li
Date: Wed Jun 16 2021 - 11:07:22 EST


> >
> > Hi Lee
> >
> > The PHC driver already existed in the current tree as
> > drivers/ptp/ptp_clockmatrix.c and ptp_idt82p33.c
> >
> > Right now, they act as i2c driver. I plan to change them as a normal
> > platform device driver after this MFD change kicked in
> >
> > That is why I would prefer the name "phc" instead of "clock" since the
> > driver is not a normal clk driver under drivers/clk but a ptp clock
> > driver. And down the road, we will have our real clock driver and I wanna
> reserve the name "clock" for the real clock driver.
>
> I see. To be honest, I wasn't aware of the PTP subsystem.
>
> In which case, the name needs to match the one in the driver:
>
> static struct i2c_driver idtcm_driver = {
> .driver = {
> .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(idtcm_dt_id),
> .name = "idtcm",
> },
> .probe = idtcm_probe,
> .remove = idtcm_remove,
> .id_table = idtcm_i2c_id,
> };
>
> So, "idtcm" in this case.
>
> How else will it match?
>

Hi Lee

I actually like to comply with the mfd sub device naming convention by naming it 8a3400x-phc
About the names in ptp clock driver, I will have to change them anyways down the road to
make them work with the mfd driver

Another match doesn't exist in the current tree yet. It would be a normal platform device driver that I
will submit to drivers/misc a little later after this mfd change is merged.

Thanks

Min