Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] dt-bindings: clock: renesas,rzn1-clocks: document RZ/N1 clock driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Michel,

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Michel Pollet
<michel.pollet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Renesas RZ/N1 Family (Part #R9A06G0xx) requires a driver
> to provide the SoC clock infrastructure for Linux.
>
> This documents the driver bindings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michel Pollet <michel.pollet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/renesas,rzn1-clocks.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +* Renesas RZ/N1 Clock Driver
> +
> +This driver provides the clock infrastructure used by all the other drivers.
> +
> +One of the 'special' feature of this infrastructure is that Linux doesn't
> +necessary 'own' all the clocks on the SoC, some other OS runs on
> +the Cortex-M3 core and that OS can access and claim it's own clocks.
> +
> +Required Properties:
> +
> +  - compatible: Must be
> +    - "renesas,r9a06g032-clocks" for the RZ/N1D
> +    and "renesas,rzn1-clocks" as a fallback.

Why the fallback? I doubt all existing (and future) RZ/N1D SoCs provide the
exact same clock hierarchy.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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