Re: [PATCH v2 03/11] m68k: mcf5441x: setup DAC clock name as per driver name

From: Angelo Dureghello

Date: Sun May 17 2026 - 05:12:03 EST


Hi Greg,

jfyi, for some reason i was not in to/cc, but i could grab the message
in lore.

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 10:54:32PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
> Hi Angelo,
>
> On 14/5/26 17:05, Angelo Dureghello wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > On 14.05.2026 11:27, Greg Ungerer wrote:
> > > Hi Angelo,
> > >
> > > On 13/5/26 19:14, Angelo Dureghello wrote:
> > > > From: Angelo Dureghello <adureghello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Later in this patchset, the mcf54415 DAC driver is added.
> > > > Considering some other different ColdFire cpu DACs exists, the DAC driver
> > > > is named as "mcf54415_dac", related to the mcf5441x family SoCs with
> > > > DACs (mcf54415/6/7/8).
> > > >
> > > > So updating DAC clock names to bind with proper driver name.
> > >
> > > I am not sure I like naming the clocks here with a prefix for the
> > > specific SoC part number this is in. It might be unlikely now, but
> > > what if another ColdFire family SoC member uses this same hardware block?
> > > That is very common amongst other hardware blocks within the ColdFire
> > > family. Can we come up with a name more specific to just this type
> > > of DAC hardware block?
> > >
> >
> > from a brief study, this 12bit DAC, and DAC module in general, is only on
> > this mcf45441x family. There are some ColdFire with ADC only, as those
> > mcf5249/53/82.
> > The mcf51mm/ag/je are the opnly to have a 5bit dacs, but these are mcus.
> > So, if i don't miss any existing model, the name may be correct,
> > unless we want rename it to a more generic mcf_dac.
>
> Yes, I would suggest just leaving it as is, "mcfdac".
> That is not currently used by any other ColdFire variants supported by
> the kernel.
>

Ok, will fix this in a v3, just asking confirmation on the name to
Jonathan and all, since it involves iio too.

Chaches are:
mcfdac
mcf-dac or mcf_dac (we have drivers as vf610_dac and cio-dac)

Regards,
angelo

> Regards
> Greg
>
>



>
> > > Regards
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Regards,
> > angelo
> > >
> > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Angelo Dureghello <adureghello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/m68k/coldfire/m5441x.c | 8 ++++----
> > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/m68k/coldfire/m5441x.c b/arch/m68k/coldfire/m5441x.c
> > > > index 5b5e09ecf487..b724d7fc1a08 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/m68k/coldfire/m5441x.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/m68k/coldfire/m5441x.c
> > > > @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfpit.2", 34, MCF_BUSCLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfpit.3", 35, MCF_BUSCLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfeport.0", 36, MCF_CLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfadc.0", 37, MCF_CLK);
> > > > -DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfdac.0", 38, MCF_CLK);
> > > > -DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfdac.1", 39, MCF_CLK);
> > > > +DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcf54415_dac.0", 38, MCF_CLK);
> > > > +DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcf54415_dac.1", 39, MCF_CLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfrtc.0", 42, MCF_CLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfsim.0", 43, MCF_CLK);
> > > > DEFINE_CLK(0, "mcfusb-otg.0", 44, MCF_CLK);
> > > > @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static struct clk_lookup m5411x_clk_lookup[] = {
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfpit.3", NULL, &__clk_0_35),
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfeport.0", NULL, &__clk_0_36),
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfadc.0", NULL, &__clk_0_37),
> > > > - CLKDEV_INIT("mcfdac.0", NULL, &__clk_0_38),
> > > > - CLKDEV_INIT("mcfdac.1", NULL, &__clk_0_39),
> > > > + CLKDEV_INIT("mcf54415_dac.0", NULL, &__clk_0_38),
> > > > + CLKDEV_INIT("mcf54415_dac.1", NULL, &__clk_0_39),
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfrtc.0", NULL, &__clk_0_42),
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfsim.0", NULL, &__clk_0_43),
> > > > CLKDEV_INIT("mcfusb-otg.0", NULL, &__clk_0_44),
> > > >
> > >
>
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