linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 2/4] clk: clk-loongson2: add clock controller driver support

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Message-ID: <d92223a0-6d4c-33ea-1473-3d40bdd0ad9e@loongson.cn>
Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:02:04 +0800
From:   zhuyinbo <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>,
        Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, liupeibao@...ngson.cn,
        loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, wanghongliang@...ngson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/4] clk: clk-loongson2: add clock controller driver
 support


在 2023/2/22 上午7:07, Stephen Boyd 写道:
> Quoting zhuyinbo (2023-02-19 21:44:51)
>> 在 2023/2/18 上午6:15, Stephen Boyd 写道:
>>> Quoting zhuyinbo (2023-02-14 23:35:22)
>>>> 在 2023/2/11 上午7:42, Stephen Boyd 写道:
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +err:
>>>>>> +       iounmap(loongson2_pll_base);
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +CLK_OF_DECLARE(loongson2_clk, "loongson,ls2k-clk", loongson2_clocks_init);
>>>>> Any reason this can't be a platform driver?
>> Your question is that  why I don't use the platform_driver_register to
>> register  clk and use CLK_OF_DECLARE ?
> Yes.
>
>> I was  consider other clock controllers of Loongson-2 series may be
>> different with 2k1000 and I can add a line
>>
>> CLK_OF_DECLARE() for compatible other platform in the future. eg.
>>
>> CLK_OF_DECLARE(loongson2_clk, "loongson,ls2k-clk", loongson2_clocks_init);
>>
>> +  CLK_OF_DECLARE(xxx1, xxx2,  xxx3);  // for other clock controllers of
>> Loongson-2 series
>>
>>>> For the compatible consideration of other clock controllers of
>>>> Loongson-2 series in the future, the way of using dts can be
>>>>
>>>> better compatible.
>>>>
>>> Sorry that sentence doesn't make sense to me. The use of dts doesn't
>>> require the use of CLK_OF_DECLARE.
>> yes, the use of dts doesn't require the use of CLK_OF_DECLARE and can
>> use platform_driver_register
>>
>> but my drvier not use platform_driver_register to register  clk and use
>> CLK_OF_DECLARE to match of_clk_init.
> of_clk_init() is there to register clks that are needed for early init,
> i.e. the clockevent/clocksource or the root interrupt controller
> (irqchip). Otherwise, it isn't necessary to register clks via
> of_clk_init().
okay, I got it.