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Message-ID: <20240924-pulverize-ranging-0ec3fca845a0@spud>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:27:43 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea@....nxp.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
Chester Lin <chester62515@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
NXP S32 Linux Team <s32@....com>,
Christophe Lizzi <clizzi@...hat.com>,
Alberto Ruiz <aruizrui@...hat.com>,
Enric Balletbo <eballetb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: linflexuart: add clock definitions
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 06:17:11PM +0300, Ciprian Marian Costea wrote:
> On 9/24/2024 6:01 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 05:52:13PM +0300, Ciprian Marian Costea wrote:
> > > On 9/24/2024 5:24 PM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 05:12:46PM +0300, Ciprian Costea wrote:
> > > > > From: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea@....nxp.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Add clock definitions for NXP LINFlexD UART bindings
> > > > > and update the binding examples with S32G2 node.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ciprian Marian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea@....nxp.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > .../bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml
> > > > > index 4171f524a928..45fcab9e186d 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml
> > > > > @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ properties:
> > > > > interrupts:
> > > > > maxItems: 1
> > > > > + clocks:
> > > > > + maxItems: 2
> > > > > +
> > > > > + clock-names:
> > > > > + items:
> > > > > + - const: ipg
> > > > > + - const: lin
> > > >
> > > > Can all devices have 2 clocks, or just the s32g2?
> > > >
> > >
> > > All devices (S32G2, S32G3 and S32V234) have 2 clocks for LINFlexD module.
> >
> > I see. How come the driver is capable of working without them?
> >
>
> The driver was working because the LINFlexD clocks were configured and kept
> enabled by the downstream bootloader (TF-A and U-Boot). This is not ideal
> since LINFlexD Linux driver should manage those clocks independently and not
> rely on a previous bootloader configuration (hence the need for this current
> patchset).
I'd also mark them as required in the binding too, but the driver will
still have to account for them being missing, for backwards
compatibility reasons. Add a comment explaining the history to the
commit message when you do that.
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