Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: clk: add documentation for the SiFive PRCI driver

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Oct 24 2018 - 14:48:03 EST


On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 06:50:23AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> Add DT binding documentation for the Linux driver for the SiFive
> PRCI clock & reset control IP block, as found on the SiFive
> FU540 chip.
>
> Cc: Michael Turquette <mturquette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Megan Wachs <megan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-clk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: remove out-of-date example, add documentation for the compatible
> string and for the required PCB clock nodes
>
> .../bindings/clock/sifive/fu540-prci.txt | 43 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sifive/fu540-prci.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sifive/fu540-prci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sifive/fu540-prci.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d7c1e83fa5ed
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/sifive/fu540-prci.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> +SiFive FU540 PRCI bindings
> +
> +On the FU540 family of SoCs, most system-wide clock and reset integration
> +is via the PRCI IP block.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: Should be "sifive,<chip>-prci<version>". As of the time this
> + file was written, only one value is supported:
> + "sifive,fu540-c000-prci0"

What happens with this depends on the discussion on the other bindings.

Though here you are inconsistent without a fallback. Of course, I've
never seen a clock controller be the same across SoCs.

> +- reg: Should describe the PRCI's register target physical address region
> +- clocks: Should point to the hfclk device tree node and the rtcclk
> + device tree node. The RTC clock here is not a time-of-day clock,
> + but is instead a high-stability clock source for system timers
> + and cycle counters.
> +- #clock-cells: Should be <1>
> +
> +The clock consumer should specify the desired clock via the clock ID
> +macros defined in include/linux/clk/sifive-fu540-prci.h. These macros
> +begin with PRCI_CLK_.
> +
> +The hfclk and rtcclk nodes are required, and represent physical
> +crystals or resonators located on the PCB.
> +
> +Examples:
> +
> +hfclk: hfclk {
> + #clock-cells = <0>;
> + compatible = "fixed-clock";
> + clock-frequency = <33333333>;
> + clock-output-names = "hfclk";
> +};
> +rtcclk: rtcclk {
> + #clock-cells = <0>;
> + compatible = "fixed-clock";
> + clock-frequency = <1000000>;
> + clock-output-names = "rtcclk";
> +};
> +prci0: prci@10000000 {

clock-controller@...

> + compatible = "sifive,fu540-c000-prci0";
> + reg = <0x0 0x10000000 0x0 0x1000>;
> + clocks = <&hfclk>, <&rtcclk>;
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> +};
> --
> 2.19.1
>