linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: rtc: sophgo: add RTC for Sophgo CV1800 series SoC.

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Message-ID: <7a2957c4-d020-4948-8964-4375f6319f32@linaro.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:44:33 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Jingbao Qiu <qiujingbao.dlmu@...il.com>
Cc: a.zummo@...ertech.it, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
 krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
 paul.walmsley@...ive.com, palmer@...belt.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
 linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dlan@...too.org, inochiama@...look.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: rtc: sophgo: add RTC for Sophgo
 CV1800 series SoC.

On 04/01/2024 11:34, Jingbao Qiu wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 29/12/2023 10:06, Jingbao Qiu wrote:
>>> Add devicetree binding to describe the RTC for Sophgo CV1800 SoC.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jingbao Qiu <qiujingbao.dlmu@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>> This patch depends on the clk driver
>>> Clk driver link:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/IA1PR20MB49539CDAD9A268CBF6CA184BBB9FA@IA1PR20MB4953.namprd20.prod.outlook.com/
>>
>> I don't understand how binding can depend on a driver. This is very
>> confusing and suggests you write binding for the driver, which is not
>> what we want.
>>
>> What's more, I really do not see the dependency here, so your message is
>> incorrect?
>>
> 
> What I mean is that clk is used in the following example. In the clk
> patch, there
> is a macro definition that can be used to replace this number.

And how is this a dependency?

Best regards,
Krzysztof