linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: mediatek: Add #reset-cells property for MT8188

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Message-ID: <20250515-deploy-wiring-5829acc3d82e@spud>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 17:17:11 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Cc: Julien Massot <julien.massot@...labora.com>, kernel@...labora.com,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Garmin Chang <garmin.chang@...iatek.com>,
	Friday Yang <friday.yang@...iatek.com>,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: clock: mediatek: Add #reset-cells
 property for MT8188

On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 05:11:13PM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 15/05/25 17:03, Conor Dooley ha scritto:
> > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 03:31:43PM +0200, Julien Massot wrote:
> > > The '#reset-cells' property is required for some of the MT8188
> > > clock controllers, but not listed as a valid property.
> > 
> > "required for some" but not marked required on those platforms.
> > Why not?
> > 
> 
> Yeah now that I read that for the third time, the wording is a bit incorrect.
> 
> It's not "required", some clock controllers do have reset controllers, but it
> is facultative to actually use the latter.

I don't think I've ever seen this word before.

> I'm not sure if the ones that do have reset controllers inside should have the
> #reset-cells property as required...
> 
> Conor, what do you think?

If "required for some" in the OP was meant as "permitted for some",
change the wording to that and it is fine.

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