Re: [PATCH v3 02/12] dt-bindings: clock: r9a08g045-vbattb: Add clock IDs for the VBATTB controller

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Claudiu,

Thanks for your patch!

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 3:02 PM Claudiu <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The VBATTB controllers controls the clock for the RTC on the Renesas

controller

> RZ/G3S. The HW block diagram for the clock logic is as follows:
>
>            +----------+ XC   `\
> RTXIN  --->|          |----->| \       +----+  VBATTCLK
>            | 32K clock|      |  |----->|gate|----------->
>            | osc      | XBYP |  |      +----+
> RTXOUT --->|          |----->| /
>            +----------+      ,/
>
> One could connect as input to this HW block either a crystal oscillator or

Please drop "oscillator". An external crystal is used with the internal
crystal oscillator.

> an external clock device.
>
> After discussions w/ Stephen Boyd the clock tree associated with this
> hardware block was exported in Linux as:
>
> input-xtal
>   xbyp
>   xc
>      mux
>         vbattclk
>
> where:
> - input-xtal is the input clock (connected to RTXIN, RTXOUT pins)
> - xc, xbyp are mux inputs
> - mux is the internal mux
> - vbattclk is the gate clock that feeds in the end the RTC
>
> to allow selecting the input of the MUX though assigned-clock DT
> properties, using the already existing clock drivers and avoid adding
> other DT properties.
>
> This allows select the input of the mux based on the type of the
> connected input clock:
> - if the 32768 crystal oscillator is connected as input for the VBATTB,

Please drop "oscillator".

>   the input of the mux should be xc
> - if an external clock device is connected as input for the VBATTB the
>   input of the mux should be xbyp
>
> Add clock IDs for the VBATTB controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v3:
> - none; this patch is new

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/clock/r9a08g045-vbattb.h

renesas,r9a08g045-vbattb.h

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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