netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 3/3] net: phy: mscc-miim: add support to set MDIO bus frequency

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:28:01 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 3/3] net: phy: mscc-miim: add support to set
 MDIO bus frequency

> @@ -295,21 +323,41 @@ static int mscc_miim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (!miim->info)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	ret = of_mdiobus_register(bus, pdev->dev.of_node);
> +	miim->clk = devm_clk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(miim->clk))
> +		return PTR_ERR(miim->clk);
> +
> +	ret = clk_prepare_enable(miim->clk);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency", &miim->clk_freq);

The clock is optional if there is no "clock-frequency" property.  If
the property does exist, the clock should be mandatory. I don't think
it should silently fail setting the bus frequency because the clock is
missing.

	Andrew