Re: [resend PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: net: snps,dwmac: add clk_csr property

From: Jianguo Zhang
Date: Thu Sep 22 2022 - 21:48:47 EST


Dear Krzysztof,

Thanks for your comment.

On Thu, 2022-09-22 at 17:07 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 22/09/2022 11:27, Jianguo Zhang wrote:
> > The clk_csr property is parsed in driver for generating MDC clock
> > with correct frequency. A warning('clk_csr' was unexpeted) is
> > reported
> > when runing 'make_dtbs_check' because the clk_csr property
> > has been not documented in the binding file.
> >
>
> You did not describe the case, but apparently this came with
> 81311c03ab4d ("net: ethernet: stmmac: add management of clk_csr
> property") which never brought the bindings change.
>
> Therefore the property was never part of bindings documentation and
> bringing them via driver is not the correct process. It bypasses the
> review and such bypass cannot be an argument to bring the property to
> bindings. It's not how new properties can be added.
>
> Therefore I don't agree. Please make it a property matching bindings,
> so
> vendor prefix, no underscores in node names.
>
> Driver and DTS need updates.
>
We will rename the property 'clk_csr' as 'snps,clk-csr' and update DTS
& driver to align with the new name in next versions patches.
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
BRS
Jianguo