[PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: r8a7794: add CAN clocks to device tree

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Tue Mar 15 00:28:42 PDT 2016


Hi Simon,

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:56 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:23:01AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:29 AM, Simon Horman
>> <horms+renesas at verge.net.au> wrote:
>> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi
>> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi
>> > @@ -844,6 +844,24 @@
>> >                         clock-output-names = "extal";
>> >                 };
>> >
>> > +               /* External USB clock - can be overridden by the board */
>> > +               usb_extal_clk: usb_extal_clk {
>> > +                       compatible = "fixed-clock";
>> > +                       #clock-cells = <0>;
>> > +                       clock-frequency = <48000000>;
>> > +                       clock-output-names = "usb_extal";
>>
>> "clock-output-names" is optional these days, so please drop it.
>
> Thanks, I will drop it from this patch.
>
> Do we have a plan to remove it from existing nodes?
> Should I do a sweep of the Renesas DTS files?

That's up to you.

It's more churn, but from the other side, it avoids people copying deprecated
practices.

> And in particular, should it be removed from cpg_clocks ?

It's not optional for clocks with multiple outputs, cfr. the issues we had with
cpg_clocks on H3, before the advent of the CPG/MSSR driver.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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