linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] clkdev: increase MAX_DEV

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Message-ID: <aRby7gFkanx3vs_3@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:14:22 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>
Cc: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...group.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] clkdev: increase MAX_DEV_ID to 64

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:09:33AM +0100, Alexander Stein wrote:
> From: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...group.com>
> 
> On the TI AM335x, there are clock IDs like
> "48000000.interconnect:segment@...000:target-module@0:mpu@0", which is
> 58 characters long.

This looks like a device that is using DT. Clocks for such devices
should be described in DT, not using clkdev. When using DT, there
is no need to register clocks into clkdev - this is used for cases
where its not possible to describe such relationships (e.g. non-DT
systems.)

Thanks.

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