linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] include: dt-bindings: add LAN969x clock bindings

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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:01:13 +0100
From: Robert Marko <robert.marko@...tura.hr>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] include: dt-bindings: add LAN969x clock bindings

On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On 24/12/2025 11:30, Robert Marko wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 09:16:12PM +0100, Robert Marko wrote:
> >>> Add the required LAN969x clock bindings.
> >>
> >> I do not see clock bindings actually here. Where is the actual binding?
> >> Commit msg does not help me at all to understand why you are doing this
> >> without actual required bindings.
> >
> > I guess it is a bit confusing, there is no schema here, these are the
> > clock indexes that
> > reside in dt-bindings and are used by the SoC DTSI.
>
> I understand as not used by drivers? Then no ABI and there is no point
> in putting them into bindings.

It is not included by the driver directly, but it requires these exact
indexes to be passed
so its effectively ABI.
LAN966x does the same, but they differ in number of clocks and their indexes.

Regards,
Robert

>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof



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