linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: add support for ext rftclk selection

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 10:56:32 +0100
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@...com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>,
        Wingman Kwok <w-kwok2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: add support for ext rftclk
 selection

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 05:04:24PM -0600, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> Some CPTS instances, which can be found on KeyStone 2 1/10G Ethernet
> Switch Subsystems, can control an external multiplexer that selects
> one of up to 32 clocks for time sync reference (RFTCLK). This feature
> can be configured through CPTS_RFTCLK_SEL register (offset: x08).
> 
> Hence, introduce optional DT cpts_rftclk_sel poperty wich, if present,
> will specify CPTS reference clock. The cpts_rftclk_sel should be
> omitted in DT if HW doesn't support this feature. The external fixed
> rate clocks can be defined in board files as "fixed-clock".

Can't you implement this using the clock tree, rather than an ad-hoc
DT property?

Thanks,
Richard