Re: [PATCH 04/13] dt-bindings: mailbox: qcom: Add clock-name optional property

[Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>]

On Mon 17 Dec 01:46 PST 2018, Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz wrote:

> When the APCS clock is registered (platform dependent), it retrieves
> its parent names from hardcoded values in the driver.
> 
> The following commit allows the DT node to provide such clock names to
> the platform data based clock driver therefore avoiding having to
> explicitly embed those names in the clock driver source code.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
> ---
>  .../bindings/mailbox/qcom,apcs-kpss-global.txt      | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/qcom,apcs-kpss-global.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/qcom,apcs-kpss-global.txt
> index 1232fc9..f252439 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/qcom,apcs-kpss-global.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/qcom,apcs-kpss-global.txt
> @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ platforms.
>  	Value type: <phandle>
>  	Definition: phandle to the input PLL, which feeds the APCS mux/divider
>  
> +       Usage: required if #clock-names property is present
> +       Value type: <phandle array>
> +	Definition: phandles to the two parent clocks of the clock driver.

I presume you meant to replace the existing definition of "clocks"?

I think the purpose of "required if #clock-cells" comes from that
meaning that it represents a clock-controller if #clock-cells is
specified, in which case it requires the upstream clock(s).

Regards,
Bjorn

> +
>  - #mbox-cells:
>  	Usage: required
>  	Value type: <u32>
> @@ -33,6 +37,12 @@ platforms.
>  	Value type: <u32>
>  	Definition: as described in clock.txt, must be 0
>  
> +- clock-names:
> +	Usage: required if the platform data based clock driver needs to
> +	retrieve the parent clock names from device tree.
> +	This will requires two mandatory clocks to be defined.
> +	Value type: <string-array>
> +	Definition: must be "aux" and "pll"
>  
>  = EXAMPLE
>  The following example describes the APCS HMSS found in MSM8996 and part of the
> @@ -65,3 +75,14 @@ Below is another example of the APCS binding on MSM8916 platforms:
>  		clocks = <&a53pll>;
>  		#clock-cells = <0>;
>  	};
> +
> +Below is another example of the APCS binding on QCS404 platforms:
> +
> +	apcs_glb: mailbox@b011000 {
> +		compatible = "qcom,qcs404-apcs-apps-global", "syscon";
> +		reg = <0x0b011000 0x1000>;
> +		#mbox-cells = <1>;
> +		clocks = <&gcc GCC_GPLL0_AO_OUT_MAIN>, <&apcs_hfpll>;
> +		clock-names = "aux", "pll";
> +		#clock-cells = <0>;
> +	};
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>