Re: RFC: Advice on adding support for Qualcomm IPQ9574 SoC Ethernet

[Andrew Lunn]

> > I'm just wondering if you have circular dependencies at runtime?
> > 
> > Where you will need to be careful is probe time vs runtime. Since you
> > have circular phandles you need to first create all the clock
> > providers, and only then start the clock consumers. Otherwise you
> > might get into an endless EPROBE_DEFER loop.
> > 
> 
> The Rx/Tx clocks sourced from the SERDES are registered as provider
> clocks by the UNIPHY/PCS driver during probe time. There is no runtime
> operation needed for these clocks after this.

So they are always ticking. You cannot turn them on/off? It is nice to
model them a fixed-clocks, since it describes the architecture, but i
have to question if it is worth the effort.

	Andrew