[PATCH] media: dt-bindings: sony,imx415: add required clock-names property

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Mon Dec 2 02:31:27 PST 2024


On 02/12/2024 09:18, Michael Riesch wrote:
> Hi Matthias, Krzysztof,
> 
> On 12/2/24 08:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 03:17:15PM +0100, Matthias Fend wrote:
>>> The imx415 driver expects a clock with the name "inck".
>>> Document this in the bindings.
>>
>> No, fix the driver instead of bypassing review. It was decided to drop
>> it during review, so you cannot reintroduce it 2 years later claiming
>> that's now ABI. Of course original submission was buggy and never
>> tested, but that does not allow review bypass.
> 
> Just to make sure I am on the same page here: Between v2 and v3 of the
> IMX415 submission the clock-names property was dropped. At that point,
> we should have changed the acquisition of the clock from
>     sensor->clk = devm_clk_get(sensor->dev, "inck");
> to
>     sensor->clk = devm_clk_get(sensor->dev, NULL);
> 
> Is that correct/the proper fix?

Yes, because driver could simply not work. It was never tested, after
the change.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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