linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 10/19] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH7110 always-on clock and reset generator

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 15:22:54 +0100 (CET)
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Hal Feng <hal.feng@...rfivetech.com>,
        Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@...onical.com>
cc:     linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ive.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/19] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH7110 always-on
 clock and reset generator

 	Hi Hal, Esmil,

On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Hal Feng wrote:
> From: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>
>
> Add bindings for the always-on clock and reset generator (AONCRG) on the
> JH7110 RISC-V SoC by StarFive Ltd.
>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Hal Feng <hal.feng@...rfivetech.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/starfive,jh7110-aoncrg.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/starfive,jh7110-aoncrg.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: StarFive JH7110 Always-On Clock and Reset Generator
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>
> +

This lacks a top-level "description" section, to anwer the question:
What is an "Always-On Clock and Reset Generator"?

To me, "always-on" sounds like it's critical, and thus the driver
must always be built-in?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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