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

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 12:28:10 EST


On 21/04/2023 11:58, Varadarajan Narayanan wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 10:05:11AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> 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).
>
> The clock name definitions are auto-generated based on the clock
> tree definitions provided by the h/w team. We followed the naming
> pattern done in the previous SoCs.

Are you sure? We talk about clock inputs here.

Best regards,
Krzysztof