Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: fix node name for the sysclk

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Sat Jun 12 2021 - 04:15:07 EST


On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 02:26:58PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
>
> U-Boot attempts to fix up the "clock-frequency" property of the "/sysclk" node:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/u-boot/v2021.04/source/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/fdt.c#L512
>
> but fails to do so:
>
> ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at a1000000 ...
> Image Name:
> Created: 2021-06-08 10:31:38 UTC
> Image Type: AArch64 Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
> Data Size: 15431370 Bytes = 14.7 MiB
> Load Address: 80080000
> Entry Point: 80080000
> Verifying Checksum ... OK
> ## Flattened Device Tree blob at a0000000
> Booting using the fdt blob at 0xa0000000
> Uncompressing Kernel Image
> Loading Device Tree to 00000000fbb19000, end 00000000fbb22717 ... OK
> Unable to update property /sysclk:clock-frequency, err=FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND
>
> Starting kernel ...
>
> All Layerscape SoCs except LS1028A use "sysclk" as the node name, and
> not "clock-sysclk". So change the node name of LS1028A accordingly.

Wouldn't it more flexible to use alias/label for finding the node?
Using node name/path looks fragile.

Shawn

>
> Fixes: 8897f3255c9c ("arm64: dts: Add support for NXP LS1028A SoC")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
> index d0dddf19578a..03e1ca7fea9a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-ls1028a.dtsi
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CPU_PW20: cpu-pw20 {
> };
> };
>
> - sysclk: clock-sysclk {
> + sysclk: sysclk {
> compatible = "fixed-clock";
> #clock-cells = <0>;
> clock-frequency = <100000000>;
> --
> 2.25.1
>