[PATCH RFC v6 2/6] dpll: Add DPLL framework base functions

[Jiri Pirko]

Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:31:49AM CEST, kuba at kernel.org wrote:
>On Sun, 9 Apr 2023 09:51:48 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Wait, not sure you get the format of the "name". It does not contain any
>> bus address, so the auxdev issue you pointed out is not applicable.
>> It is driver/clock_id/index.
>> All 3 are stable and user can rely on them. Do you see any issue in
>> that?
>
>What is index? I thought you don't want an index and yet there is one,
>just scoped by random attributes :(

Index internal within a single instance. Like Intel guys, they have 1
clock wired up with multiple DPLLs. The driver gives every DPLL index.
This is internal, totally up to the driver decision. Similar concept to
devlink port index.