Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: ethernet: ravb: Name the AVB functional clock fck

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Adam,

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 10:32 PM Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The bindings have been updated to support two clocks, but the
> original clock now requires the name fck to distinguish it
> from the other.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ static int ravb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>         priv->chip_id = chip_id;
>
> -       priv->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> +       priv->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "fck");

This change is not backwards compatible, as existing DTB files do not
have the "fck" clock.  So the driver has to keep on assuming the first
clock is the functional clock, and this patch is thus not needed nor
desired.

>         if (IS_ERR(priv->clk)) {
>                 error = PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
>                 goto out_release;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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