[PATCH v4 1/7] dt-bindings: clock: exynos850: Add bindings for Exynos850 sysreg clocks

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 20/12/2021 15:55, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 11:31, Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 19/12/2021 23:29, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
>>> On 17.12.2021 17:15, Sam Protsenko wrote:
>>>> System Register is used to configure system behavior, like USI protocol,
>>>> etc. SYSREG clocks should be provided to corresponding syscon nodes, to
>>>> make it possible to modify SYSREG registers.
>>>>
>>>> While at it, add also missing PMU and GPIO clocks, which looks necessary
>>>> and might be needed for corresponding Exynos850 features soon.
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski<krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Rob Herring<robh at kernel.org>
>>>> Acked-by: Chanwoo Choi<cw00.choi at samsung.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko<semen.protsenko at linaro.org>
>>>
>>> Apologies for late reply, this patch is applied now.
>>>
>>
>> Sam,
>>
>> The clock is used in the DTSI, so since this was applied, there are only
>> two choices now:
>> 1. wait for next cycle with DTSI and DTS,
>> 2. Resubmit with replacing the newly added clocks in DTSI/DTS with
>> numbers and a TODO note.
>>
> 
> But why? I thought because Sylwester applied my clock patches, those
> will get into v5.17, and so DTSI/DTS might rely on those clocks? If I
> get it wrong, please let me know why, and I'll go with item (2) you
> suggested.

If I apply the DTSI+DTS, all my builds will start failing. The
linux-next (since Sylwester's tree is included) should build fine, but
my tree won't be buildable anymore. Then arm-soc pulls my tree and gets
said because it does not build. Later, Linus will be unhappy if he pulls
arm-soc (thus mine) before clock tree.

Other solution, instead of using raw numbers, is to copy-paste the clock
macros you use directly in DTSI and do not include the clock header.
This actually might be cleaner choice - changes will be limited to one
place in DTSI.

Best regards,
Krzysztof