linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] media: dt-bindings: Document Renesas RZ/G2L CRU block

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Message-ID: <YzdaFRA0L+qKbfMx@pendragon.ideasonboard.com>
Date:   Sat, 1 Oct 2022 00:05:25 +0300
From:   Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:     "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] media: dt-bindings: Document Renesas RZ/G2L CRU
 block

Hi Prabhakar,

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 11:49:22AM +0100, Lad, Prabhakar wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 2:46 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 08:58:26PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > On 21/09/2022 19:29, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > >>>>> +  clock-names:
> > > >>>>> +    items:
> > > >>>>> +      - const: vclk
> > > >>>>> +      - const: pclk
> > > >>>>> +      - const: aclk
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Drop the "clk" suffixes. Remaining names could be made a bit more readable.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> These names come from the documentation, isn't it better to match the
> > > >>> datasheet ?
> > > >>
> > > >> If datasheet calls it "vclk_really_clk_it_is_clk_clk", it's not the
> > > >> reason to use it. :)
> > > >>
> > > >> The "clk" is redundant even if the hardware engineer thought different.
> > > >>
> > > >> The same for IRQs ("tx" not "txirq"), for dmas ("tx" not "txdma").
> > > >
> > > > I'd argue that naming clocks "v", "p" and "a" would be less readable and
> > > > more confusing. Is this a new rule ?
> > >
> > > Not really, but also it's only a style issue.
> > >
> > > Indeed "v" and "p" are not much better... but still "vclk" does not
> > > bring any additional information over "v". It's redundant.
> > >
> > > You can also drop entire entry - unless it helps in particular
> > > implementation.
> >
> > There are multiple clocks, so I think names are better than indices. If
> > you really insist we could name them "v", "p" and "a", but I think the
> > clk suffix here improves readability. If those clocks were named
> > "videoclk", "pixelclk" and "axiclk" I'd be fine dropping the suffix, but
> > that's not the case here.
> 
> I have got the below details from the HW  team:
> 
> CRU_SYSCLK -> System clock for CSI-2 DPHY
> CRU_VCLK -> video clock
> CRU_PCLK -> APB clock
> CRU_ACLK -> AXI clock
> 
> So I'll rename the clocks to below respectively:
> 
> +  clock-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: system
> +      - const: video
> +      - const: apb
> +      - const: axi
> 
> Does the above sound good?

That's great, thank you !

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart