Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: net: phy: Support external PHY xtal

[Detlev Casanova]

On Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:52:18 P.M. EDT Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 31/05/2023 20:00, Detlev Casanova wrote:
> >>> +  clock-names:
> >>> +    items:
> >>> +      - const: xtal
> >> 
> >> I don't think xtal is the best of names here. It generally is used as
> >> an abbreviation for crystal. And the commit message is about there not
> >> being a crystal, but an actual clock.
> >> 
> >> How is this clock named on the datasheet?
> > 
> > In the case of the PHY I used (RTL8211F), it is EXT_CLK. But this must be
> > generic to any (ethernet) PHY, so using ext_clk to match it would not be
> > good either.
> > 
> > Now this is about having an external clock, so the ext_clk name makes
> > sense in this case.
> > 
> > I'm not pushing one name or another, let's use what you feel is more
> > natural.
> Just drop the name.

So I can just use devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL) and I'll get the 
first clock defines in the device tree ?

Detlev.