linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] clk: intel: Add clock driver for Intel MIPS SoCs

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Date:   Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:52:21 +0800
From:   "Zhu, Yi Xin" <yixin.zhu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Songjun Wu <songjun.wu@...ux.intel.com>,
        chuanhua.lei@...ux.intel.com, hua.ma@...ux.intel.com,
        qi-ming.wu@...el.com
Cc:     linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] clk: intel: Add clock driver for Intel MIPS SoCs


On 9/1/2018 1:13 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Zhu, Yi Xin (2018-08-29 03:34:26)
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +CLK_OF_DECLARE(intel_grx500_cgu, "intel,grx500-cgu", grx500_clk_init);
>>>>> Any reason a platform driver can't be used instead of CLK_OF_DECLARE()?
>>>> It provides CPU clock which is used in early boot stage.
>>>>
>>> Ok. What is the CPU clock doing in early boot stage? Some sort of timer
>>> frequency? If the driver can be split into two pieces, one to handle the
>>> really early stuff that must be in place to get timers up and running
>>> and the other to register the rest of the clks that aren't critical from
>>> a regular platform driver it would be good. That's preferred model if
>>> something is super critical.
>>>
>> Just to make sure my approach is same as you think.
>>
>> In the driver, there's two clock registrations.
>>
>> - One through CLK_OF_DECLARE for early stage clocks.
>>
>> - The other via platform driver for the non-critical clocks.
> You can use the same DT node for both parts, no need to split the node
> into two and use syscon here.
>
Thank you.

Will use CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER to use the same DT node.