Hi Mark,

On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 01:25:05PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > +	clocks {
> > +		#address-cells = <1>;
> > +		#size-cells = <1>;
> > +		ranges;
> > +
> > +		osc24M: osc24M_clk {
> > +			#clock-cells = <0>;
> > +			compatible = "fixed-clock";
> > +			clock-frequency = <24000000>;
> > +			clock-output-names = "osc24M";
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		osc32k: osc32k_clk {
> > +			#clock-cells = <0>;
> > +			compatible = "fixed-clock";
> > +			clock-frequency = <32768>;
> > +			clock-output-names = "osc32k";
> > +		};
> > +	};
> 
> Just put the clocks under the root node. 'clocks' is not a special
> node.

No, it's not a special node, but it's a very convenient one. It avoids
"crippling" the main SoC definition with all the clocks definition,
and keep the noise relatively low.

And a bunch of other maintainers seem to agree:
$ git grep "clocks {"  -- arch/arm/boot/dts/ arch/arm64/boot/dts/ | wc -l
271

Maxime

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