Re: [PATCH 1/1] dt-bindings: clock: imx5: add assigned-clock* properties

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 02:17:24 EST


On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 03:37:19PM -0400, Frank.Li@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
>
> The i.MX5 CCM is a pure clock provider with no 'clocks' consumer
> property in its binding. The dtschema framework only merges the
> clocks.yaml meta-schema properties (which include assigned-clocks,
> assigned-clock-parents, and assigned-clock-rates) into a binding
> when the binding itself declares 'clocks:'.
>
> For example, imx53-m53menlo.dts configures the CKO1 output clock
> by setting assigned-clocks on the &clks node:
>
> &clks {
> assigned-clocks = <&clks IMX5_CLK_CKO1_SEL>, ...;
> assigned-clock-parents = <&clks IMX5_CLK_AHB>;
> assigned-clock-rates = <133333334>, <33333334>, <33333334>;
> };
>
> Without explicit declarations this triggers a dtbs_check error:
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-m53menlo.dtb: ccm@53fd4000 (fsl,imx53-ccm): 'assigned-clock-parents', 'assigned-clock-rates', 'assigned-clocks' do not match any of the regexes: '^pinctrl-[0-9]+$'
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4.6
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

Then the DTS is wrong. If this device does not have a parent clock
input, then assigning clock parents is wrong because it is either
contradictory (you said no parents) or misplaced (clock consumer should
set it).

Best regards,
Krzysztof