Re: [PATCH v8 2/8] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qmp-usb: Add IPQ9574 USB3 PHY

[Johan Hovold]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 09:41:49AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 05/04/2023 13:41, Varadarajan Narayanan wrote:
> > Add dt-bindings for USB3 PHY found on Qualcomm IPQ9574
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Varadarajan Narayanan <quic_varada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Changes in v8:
> > 	- Update clock names for ipq9574
> > 
> >  Changes in v6:
> > 	- Made power-domains optional
> > 
> > Note: In the earlier patch sets, had used the (legacy)
> > specification available in qcom,msm8996-qmp-usb3-phy.yaml. Moved
> > to newer specification in qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb3-uni-phy.yaml
> > ---
> >  .../phy/qcom,sc8280xp-qmp-usb3-uni-phy.yaml        | 43 +++++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

> > +        clock-names:
> > +          items:
> > +            - const: aux
> > +            - const: ref
> > +            - const: com_aux
> 
> Can anyone explain me why do we name these (here and other Qualcomm
> bindings) based on clock name, not input? Just because different clock
> is fed to the block, does not necessarily mean the input should be named
> differently.

I guess part of the answer is that this has just been copied from the
vendor dts and (almost) no one but Qualcomm has access to the
documentation. What would the input names be here?

Also note that there are SoCs that enable both 'cfg_ahb' and 'com_aux'
(e.g. sc7180).

> > +            - const: pipe
> > +
> >  examples:
> >    - |
> >      #include <dt-bindings/clock/qcom,gcc-sc8280xp.h>

Johan