linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/11] dt-bindings: clock: samsung: remove define with number of clocks

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Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2023 12:56:16 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>,
        Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] dt-bindings: clock: samsung: remove define with
 number of clocks

On 08/08/2023 12:53, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 10:27:38AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Number of clocks supported by Linux drivers might vary - sometimes we
>> add new clocks, not exposed previously.  Therefore this number of clocks
>> should not be in the bindings, because otherwise we should not change
>> it.
> 
> This sentence reads super awkwardly, not by any means important to
> change, but I'd likely word it "Therefore these numbers of clocks should
> not be in the bindings, as that prevents changing them".

That's better, thanks.

> 
>> Remove it entirely from the bindings, once Linux drivers stopped
>> using them.
> 
> I figure there are no consumers in other projects then? If so,

Difficult to say, nothing known to me. Anyway these are not clock IDs,
so if anyone actually relied on number of clocks in the bindings, they
would have trouble in the first place.


> Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>


Best regards,
Krzysztof