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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/8] dt-bindings: clock: stm32mp1: describes clocks if "st,stm32mp1-rcc-secure"
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On 4/25/22 21:11, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 06:31:25PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 4/22/22 17:09, Alexandre Torgue wrote:
>>> In case of "st,stm32mp1-rcc-secure" (stm32mp1 clock driver with RCC
>>> security support hardened), "clocks" and "clock-names" describe oscillators
>>> and are required.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp1-rcc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp1-rcc.yaml
>>> index 7a251264582d..bb0e0b92e907 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp1-rcc.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/st,stm32mp1-rcc.yaml
>>> @@ -58,14 +58,8 @@ properties:
>>> - st,stm32mp1-rcc-secure
>>> - st,stm32mp1-rcc
>>> - const: syscon
>>> -
>>> - clocks:
>>> - description:
>>> - Specifies the external RX clock for ethernet MAC.
>>> - maxItems: 1
>>> -
>>> - clock-names:
>>> - const: ETH_RX_CLK/ETH_REF_CLK
>>> + clocks: true
>>> + clock-names: true
>>
>> It looks like this should rather be a property than a compatible string --
>> the compatible string is used by the OS to determine which hardware is
>> represented by a node, but here it is the same hardware in either case,
>> "st,stm32mp1-rcc" and "st,stm32mp1-rcc-secure", it is still the same
>> STM32MP1 RCC block, just configured differently by some bootloader stage.
>>
>> So why not just add one-liner property of the RCC block like ?
>> st,rcc-in-secure-configuration
>
> Because using compatible was already decided.

I see ... may I ask why compatible is OK in this case even though this
is encoding a policy (secure/non-secure configuration of the same clock
IP) into DT ?

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