Re: [PATCH v4 10/19] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH7110 always-on clock and reset generator

[Hal Feng]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 15:22:54 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>     Hi Hal, Esmil,
> 
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Hal Feng wrote:
>> From: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add bindings for the always-on clock and reset generator (AONCRG) on the
>> JH7110 RISC-V SoC by StarFive Ltd.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Hal Feng <hal.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/starfive,jh7110-aoncrg.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/starfive,jh7110-aoncrg.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: StarFive JH7110 Always-On Clock and Reset Generator
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@xxxxxxxx>
>> +
> 
> This lacks a top-level "description" section, to anwer the question:
> What is an "Always-On Clock and Reset Generator"?
> 
> To me, "always-on" sounds like it's critical, and thus the driver
> must always be built-in?

AON is a part of JH7110 circuit which is always powered on, but the
AON clocks can be turned off if not used. The JH7110 can boot up
successfully without the AON clock driver, so it's fine to build it
as a module. Thanks.

Best regards,
Hal