[PATCH v3 04/14] clk: max77686: Improve Maxim 77686 PMIC clocks binding

Javier Martinez Canillas javier.martinez at collabora.co.uk
Wed Jun 25 11:13:20 PDT 2014


Hello Doug,

Thanks a lot for your feedback.

On 06/25/2014 08:06 PM, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Javier,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javier.martinez at collabora.co.uk> wrote:
>> @@ -33,6 +38,6 @@ Example: Clock consumer node
>>         foo at 0 {
>>                 compatible = "bar,foo";
>>                 /* ... */
>> -               clock-names = "my-clock";
>> -               clocks = <&max77686 2>;
>> +               clock-names = "32khz_pmic";
>> +               clocks = <&max77686 MAX77686_CLK_PMIC>;
> 
> A minor comment here is that you probably shouldn't change "clock-names".
> 
> The "clock-names" is the consumer's concept of the clock name and not
> the producer's concept.  If this clock were specified as going into
> the TPM, for instance, the TPM might call it "32k-reference".  Then
> the TPM would get the clock by referring to this name in its driver.
> 
> -Doug
> 

You're right. I won't change the clock names in the next version of the patch-set.

Best regards,
Javier



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