RE: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver

[Emil Renner Berthing]

JeeHeng Sia wrote:
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver
> >
> > Sia Jee Heng wrote:
> > > Add support for JH8100 System clock generator.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sia Jee Heng <jeeheng.sia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Ley Foon Tan <leyfoon.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS                                   |   8 +
> > >  drivers/clk/starfive/Kconfig                  |   9 +
> > >  drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile                 |   1 +
> > >  drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-common.h    |   9 +-
> > >  drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile          |   3 +
> > >  .../clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-starfive-jh8100.h |  11 +
> > >  drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-sys.c         | 455 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  7 files changed, 495 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-starfive-jh8100.h
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/clk-sys.c
> > >
[...]
> > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile b/drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..af6a09e220d3
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/clk/starfive/jh8100/Makefile
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > +# StarFive JH8100 Clock
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH8100_SYS)		+= clk-sys.o
> >
> > This will name the module clk-sys, which is way too generic. Please name this
> > clk-starfive-jh8100-sys similar to the JH7110 drivers.
> Just realized that I haven't reply to this comment.
> I can't give it a longer name otherwise compiler will throw warning.
> That’s why ends up to use a shorter name and keep it under jh8100 folder.

I'm sorry, how does that make any sense? If the compiler can compile

  drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh7110-sys.c

just fine, then why would it have trouble with

  drivers/clk/starfive/clk-starfive-jh8100-sys.c

/Emil