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Message-Id: <201312091648.13802.arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:48:13 +0100
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To: boris brezillon <b.brezillon@...rkiz.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] ARM: at91/dt: define sama5d3 clocks
On Monday 09 December 2013, boris brezillon wrote:
> > You are adding "clock-names" properties in a lot of cases. Are you sure you
> > are using the strings that are documented in the respective device bindings
> > for each name? In a lot of cases, drivers just want an anonymous clock
> > and we don't name them.
>
> I rechecked it, and almost all drivers call [devm_]clk_get with a
> specific clock
> name, and as a result we must specify the "clock-names" property.
> The only exceptions I found are the spi and PIT (Periodic Interval
> Timer) drivers,
> and "clock-names" property is not defined in these nodes.
Yes, I understood that the *drivers* use the names, but are they actually
documented in the device bindings? If not, it might be better to change the
drivers.
Arnd
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