Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: net: renesas,etheravb: Add additional clocks

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Jan 08 2021 - 09:25:17 EST


Hi Adam,

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:11 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 10:32 PM Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The AVB driver assumes there is an external clock, but it could
> > be driven by an external clock. In order to enable a programmable
> > clock, it needs to be added to the clocks list and enabled in the
> > driver. Since there currently only one clock, there is no
> > clock-names list either.
> >
> > Update bindings to add the additional optional clock, and explicitly
> > name both of them.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Upon second look...

>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml
>> @@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ properties:
>> interrupt-names: true
>>
>> clocks:
>> - maxItems: 1
>> + minItems: 1
>> + maxItems: 2
>> + items:
>> + - description: AVB functional clock
>> + - description: Optional TXC reference clock
>> +
>> + clock-names:
>> + items:
>> + - const: fck
>> + - const: txc_refclk

On R-Car Gen3 and RZ/G2, RGMII is used, and this clock is called
"txcrefclk", i.e. without underscore.
On R-Car Gen2, GMII is used, and this clock is called "gtxrefclk".

Perhaps it should just be called "refclk"?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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