netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v6 2/6] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions

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Date:   Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:23:15 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Kubalewski, Arkadiusz" <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
        Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
        Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...a.com>,
        Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, poros <poros@...hat.com>,
        mschmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-clk@...r.kernel.org" <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Olech, Milena" <milena.olech@...el.com>,
        "Michalik, Michal" <michal.michalik@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v6 2/6] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions

Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:31:49AM CEST, kuba@...nel.org wrote:
>On Sun, 9 Apr 2023 09:51:48 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Wait, not sure you get the format of the "name". It does not contain any
>> bus address, so the auxdev issue you pointed out is not applicable.
>> It is driver/clock_id/index.
>> All 3 are stable and user can rely on them. Do you see any issue in
>> that?
>
>What is index? I thought you don't want an index and yet there is one,
>just scoped by random attributes :(

Index internal within a single instance. Like Intel guys, they have 1
clock wired up with multiple DPLLs. The driver gives every DPLL index.
This is internal, totally up to the driver decision. Similar concept to
devlink port index.