netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/8] dt-bindings: clock: ipq5332: drop the few nss clocks definition

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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:07:56 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Kathiravan Thirumoorthy <quic_kathirav@...cinc.com>,
 Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
 Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
 Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, Stephen Boyd
 <sboyd@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] dt-bindings: clock: ipq5332: drop the few nss clocks
 definition

On 30/10/2023 10:47, Kathiravan Thirumoorthy wrote:
> gcc_snoc_nssnoc_clk, gcc_snoc_nssnoc_1_clk, gcc_nssnoc_nsscc_clk are
> enabled by default and it's RCG is properly configured by bootloader.
> 
> Some of the NSS clocks needs these clocks to be enabled. To avoid
> these clocks being disabled by clock framework, drop these entries.

This is not the way to prevent Linux from disabling the clocks. The way
is to mark them as critical, so I do not think you provided accurate
rationale for bindings change.

Best regards,
Krzysztof