linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] clk: eyeq5: add controller

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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:47:10 -0800
From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
Cc: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] clk: eyeq5: add controller

Quoting Théo Lebrun (2023-12-27 08:30:20)
> 
> I went ahead with a V2, feeling it would be more productive to come up
> with something and gather comments on concrete stuff. There were many
> other things to address anyway.
> 
> I've addressed this point by declaring a dummy fixed-clock in the
> devicetree that gets fed to the GIC timer. It is pretty much the same
> thing as using `clock-frequency` which this specific clocksource uses
> if `of_clk_get(node, 0)` fails. With the sent approach we have the
> timer appear in the clock tree as a consumer.

If the frequency is fixed then this seems fine to do always.