linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/16] dt-bindings: firmware: arm,scmi: Extend bindings for protocol@13

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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:44:30 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Nikunj Kela <nkela@...cinc.com>,
        Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...cinc.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/16] dt-bindings: firmware: arm,scmi: Extend bindings
 for protocol@13

On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 02:46:21PM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> The protocol@13 node is describing the performance scaling option for the
> ARM SCMI interface, as a clock provider. This is unnecessary limiting, as
> performance scaling is in many cases not limited to switching a clock's
> frequency.
> 
> Therefore, let's extend the binding so the interface can be modelled as a
> generic "performance domain" too. The common way to describe this, is to
> use the "power-domain" bindings, so let's use that.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>
> Cc: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>
> Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> index 5824c43e9893..cff9d1e4cea1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/arm,scmi.yaml
> @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ properties:
>        '#clock-cells':
>          const: 1
>  
> -    required:
> -      - '#clock-cells'

I am yet to look at the patches, just looked at this binding changes for now.

Won't this break compatibility with existing DTBs. IMO, this is strict
no no, you can't drop #clock-cells. I wanted to add performance-domains
here as alternative but decided to not as I knew you were working on this.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep