RE: [PATCH v1 07/16] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH8100 System-North-West clock and reset generator

[Emil Renner Berthing]

JeeHeng Sia wrote:
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> > From: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 07/16] dt-bindings: clock: Add StarFive JH8100 System-North-West clock and reset generator
> >
> > Sia Jee Heng wrote:
> > > Add bindings for the System-North-West clock and reset generator
> > > (SYSCRG-NW) on JH8100 SoC.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sia Jee Heng <jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Ley Foon Tan <leyfoon.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  .../clock/starfive,jh8100-syscrg-nw.yaml      | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > The JH7110 clocks, the JH8100 system and always-on all follow the Xcrg pattern:
> > syscrg
> > aoncrg
> > stgcrg
> > ispcrg
> > voutcrg
> > etc.
> >
> > Is there a reason the north-west, north-east and south-west breaks this pattern?
> > I'd have expected them to be called something like
> > nwcrg, JH8100_NWCLK_*, JH8100_NWRST_*,
> > necrg, JH8100_NECLK_*, JH8100_NERST_* and
> > swcrg, JH8100_SWCLK_*, JH8100_SWRST_*
> >
> > Just like all the other Starfive drivers.
> Understood your concern. We don’t have the intention to break the pattern,
> but the reason we skip the SoC_ prefix is that the SoC names were already
> defined in the header file with the SoC name.
> However, I can put it back, of course.

Yes, all these 3 JHXX00 drivers are almost identical. There should be no reason
to name any one of them differently. Having them all be as similar as possible
will make it a lot easier to maintain in the future. If you don't like a
pattern then please change it for all the similar drivers and don't make just
one of them be different.

/Emil