[PATCH v5 2/3] dt-bindings: pci-imx6: Add external reference clock mode support

[Frank Li]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 10:50:54AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:53:47AM +0800, Richard Zhu wrote:
> > On i.MX, PCIe has two reference clock inputs: one from the internal PLL
> > and one from an external clock source. Only one needs to be used,
> > depending on the board design. Add the external reference clock source
> > for reference clock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu at nxp.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/fsl,imx6q-pcie.yaml | 7 ++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/fsl,imx6q-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/fsl,imx6q-pcie.yaml
> > index ca5f2970f217..6be45abe6e52 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/fsl,imx6q-pcie.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/fsl,imx6q-pcie.yaml
> > @@ -219,7 +219,12 @@ allOf:
> >              - const: pcie_bus
> >              - const: pcie_phy
> >              - const: pcie_aux
> > -            - const: ref
> > +            - description: PCIe reference clock.
> > +              oneOf:
> > +                - description: The controller has two reference clock
> > +                    inputs, internal system PLL and external clock
> > +                    source. Only one needs to be used.
> > +                  enum: [ref, extref]
>
> This seems wrong to me. There's still only 1 ref input to the PCIe
> block. If you had 10 possible choices for the ref clock source, would
> you add 10 clock names here? No!
>
> Can't you detect what the parent clock is for the 'ref' clock?

In include/linux/clk.h, I have not found any API to get clk providor's
information. let me know if I missed it.

> and
> configure the GPR register appropriately. Or that mux should be modeled
> as a clock provider.

The mux is inside PCIe controller IP. Similar case in S32 RTC, which have
4 clk inputs and mux is inside IP.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241104152934.GA129622-robh@kernel.org/

We met many similar cases. Actually s32 rtc's first version modeled as
clock provider, but this way is rejected because no clock output.

Frank

>
> Rob