Re: [PATCH v7 5/6] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: add device node for UART clock and use it

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Wed Oct 13 2021 - 10:19:59 EST


On Wednesday 13 October 2021 16:13:16 Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> Hello Pali,
>
> > This change defines DT node for UART clock "marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock"
> > and use this UART clock as a base clock for all UART devices.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in v6:
> > * Do not disable uartclk by default
> > * Rename node to clock-controller@12010
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi
> > index 9acc5d2b5a00..f9bfe73d8ec2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37xx.dtsi
> > @@ -132,10 +132,20 @@
> > reg = <0x11500 0x40>;
> > };
> >
> > + uartclk: clock-controller@12010 {
> > + compatible = "marvell,armada-3700-uart-clock";
> > + reg = <0x12010 0x4>, <0x12210 0x4>;
> > + clocks = <&tbg 0>, <&tbg 1>, <&tbg 2>,
> > + <&tbg 3>, <&xtalclk>;
> > + clock-names = "TBG-A-P", "TBG-B-P", "TBG-A-S",
> > + "TBG-B-S", "xtal";
> > + #clock-cells = <1>;
> > + };
> > +
> > uart0: serial@12000 {
> > compatible = "marvell,armada-3700-uart";
> > reg = <0x12000 0x18>;
> > - clocks = <&xtalclk>;
> > + clocks = <&uartclk 0>;
>
> What happens if we have a new kernel using on old device tree ?

Hello! There would be no change. New kernel would work as old kernel.
Into clocks property you can still set xtatclk as before and it would
still works.

> Gregory
>
> > interrupts =
> > <GIC_SPI 11 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > <GIC_SPI 12 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
> > @@ -147,7 +157,7 @@
> > uart1: serial@12200 {
> > compatible = "marvell,armada-3700-uart-ext";
> > reg = <0x12200 0x30>;
> > - clocks = <&xtalclk>;
> > + clocks = <&uartclk 1>;
> > interrupts =
> > <GIC_SPI 30 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING>,
> > <GIC_SPI 31 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING>;
> > --
> > 2.20.1
> >
>
> --
> Gregory Clement, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> http://bootlin.com