Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] dt-bindings: counter: Add new ti,am62-eqep compatible

[David Lechner]

On 5/24/24 3:50 PM, David Lechner wrote:
> On 5/23/24 6:15 PM, Judith Mendez wrote:
>> Add new compatible ti,am62-eqep for TI K3 devices. If a device
>> uses this compatible, require power-domains property.
>>
>> Since there is only one functional and interface clock for eqep,
>> clock-names is not really required. The clock-name also changed
>> for TI K3 SoCs so make clock-names optional for the new compatible
>> since there is only one clock that is routed to the IP.
>>
>> While we are here, add an example using ti,am62-eqep compatible.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Judith Mendez <jm@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes since v1:
>> - Fix eqep binding for new compatible, require
>>  power-domains for new compatible
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/counter/ti-eqep.yaml  | 53 +++++++++++++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/counter/ti-eqep.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/counter/ti-eqep.yaml
>> index 85f1ff83afe72..c4bb0231f166a 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/counter/ti-eqep.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/counter/ti-eqep.yaml
>> @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ maintainers:
>>  
>>  properties:
>>    compatible:
>> -    const: ti,am3352-eqep
>> +    enum:
>> +      - ti,am3352-eqep
>> +      - ti,am62-eqep
>>  
>>    reg:
>>      maxItems: 1
>> @@ -21,19 +23,43 @@ properties:
>>      maxItems: 1
>>  
>>    clocks:
>> -    description: The clock that determines the SYSCLKOUT rate for the eQEP
>> -      peripheral.
>> +    description: The functional and interface clock that determines the clock
>> +      rate for the eQEP peripheral.
>>      maxItems: 1
>>  
>>    clock-names:
>> -    const: sysclkout
>> +    enum:
>> +      - sysclkout
>> +      - fck
>> +
> 
> If we are making this optional for ti,am62-eqep, why add a new name?
> 
> Also, we could change the description to say that sysclockout is not a
> great name but is required for backwards compatibility.
> 
>> +  power-domains:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +allOf:
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            enum:
>> +              - ti,am3352-eqep
>> +    then:
>> +      required:
>> +        - clock-names

I just looked at the Linux driver for this and the clock name is
not used in the driver. So we could probably just deprecate the
clock-names property here and not make it required for
ti,am3352-eqep (and not allowed for any new compatibles as
suggested below).

> 
> What if we just add
> 
>   else:
>     clock-names: false
> 
> since there is only one clock and not worry about the name?
> 
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            enum:
>> +              - ti,am62-eqep
>> +    then:
>> +      required:
>> +        - power-domains
>>  
>>  required:
>>    - compatible
>>    - reg
>>    - interrupts
>>    - clocks
>> -  - clock-names
>>