Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: clk: Introduce 'critical-clocks' property

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 01:59:18AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Some platforms require select clock to be always running, e.g. because
> those clock supply vital devices which are not otherwise attached to
> the system and thus do not have a matching DT node and clock consumer.
> 
> An example is a system where the SoC serves as a crystal oscillator
> replacement for a programmable logic device. The "critical-clocks"
> property of a clock controller allows listing clock which must never
> be turned off.
> 
> Clock listed in the "critical-clocks" property may have other consumers
> in DT, listing the clock in "critical-clocks" only assures those clock
> are never turned off, and none of these optional additional consumers
> can turn the clock off either.
> 
> The implementation is modeled after "protected-clocks".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> To: linux-clk@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> V2: Update the commit message to clarify the behavior
> V3: s@Some platforms require clock@Some platforms require some clocks@
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-bindings.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

This file is removed upstream as it is replaced by the schema in 
dtschema. 

But I'd wait to see what Stephen says. I'm fine with the addition.

Rob