linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 22/89] clk: bcm: rpi: Discover the firmware clocks

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Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:15:32 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        Tim Gover <tim.gover@...pberrypi.com>,
        Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/89] clk: bcm: rpi: Discover the firmware clocks

On 2/24/20 1:06 AM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The firmware has an interface to discover the clocks it exposes.
> 
> Let's use it to discover, register the clocks in the clocks framework and
> then expose them through the device tree for consumers to use them.
> 
> Cc: Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>

That seems like a re-implementaiton of SCMI without all of its
protocols, without being able to use the existing drivers, maybe a
firmware update should be considered so standard drivers can be leveraged?
-- 
Florian