Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: hwmon: g76x: Add support for g761

[Guenter Roeck]

On 5/25/24 03:50, Christian Marangi wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 07:32:04AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 5/25/24 03:29, Christian Marangi wrote:
> > > Add support for g761 PWM Fan controller. This is an exact copy of g763
> > > with the difference that it does also support an internal clock
> > > oscillators.
> > >
> > > Add required logic to support this additional feature with the property
> > > gmt,internal-clock and reject invalid schema that define both
> > > internal-clock property and external clocks.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    .../devicetree/bindings/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml   | 43 +++++++++++++++++--
> > >    1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml
> > > index bfefe49f54bf..d6e80392d045 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml
> > > @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
> > >    $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/hwmon/gmt,g76x.yaml#
> > >    $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > > -title: GMT G762/G763 PWM Fan controller
> > > +title: GMT G761/G762/G763 PWM Fan controller
> > >    maintainers:
> > >      - Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >    description: |
> > > -  GMT G762/G763 PWM Fan controller.
> > > +  GMT G761/G762/G763 PWM Fan controller.
> > >      If an optional property is not set in DT, then current value is kept
> > >      unmodified (e.g. bootloader installed value).
> > > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ description: |
> > >    properties:
> > >      compatible:
> > >        enum:
> > > +      - gmt,g761
> > >          - gmt,g762
> > >          - gmt,g763
> > > @@ -48,10 +49,37 @@ properties:
> > >        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > >        enum: [0, 1, 2]
> > > +  gmt,internal-clock:
> > > +    description: Use the Internal clock instead of externally attached one
> > > +      via the CLK pin.
> > > +    type: boolean
> > > +
> > >    required:
> > >      - compatible
> > >      - reg
> > > -  - clocks
> > > +
> > > +allOf:
> > > +  - if:
> > > +      properties:
> > > +        compatible:
> > > +          contains:
> > > +            enum:
> > > +              - gmt,g762
> > > +              - gmt,g763
> > > +    then:
> > > +      properties:
> > > +        gmt,internal-clock: false
> > > +
> > > +      required:
> > > +        - clocks
> >
> > Is the new property even necessary ? The absence of an external clock on G761
> > could be used to imply that the internal clock is used.
>
> Well with how the driver works, if a property is not defined, then the
> value is not set and the one set by the bootloader or from device reset
> is keept.
>
> This conflicts with the logic of no clock = internal.

Not sure I understand the problem. It would be a simple change in the driver
to add "if the chip is G761 and the clock is not provided in DT, use the
internal clock".

Guenter