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

[JeeHeng Sia]

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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver
> 
> JeeHeng Sia wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 06/16] clk: starfive: Add JH8100 System clock generator driver
> > >
> > > JeeHeng Sia wrote:
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2023 12:25 AM
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> Leyfoon
> > > Tan
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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/Makefile b/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > > > index 012f7ee83f8e..6cb3ce823330 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/clk/starfive/Makefile
> > > > > > @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_AON)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-aon.o
> > > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_STG)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-stg.o
> > > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_ISP)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-isp.o
> > > > > >  obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH7110_VOUT)	+= clk-starfive-jh7110-vout.o
> > > > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_CLK_STARFIVE_JH8100_SYS)	+= jh8100/
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't really see why do you need a special subdirectory for the JH8100? The
> > > > > JH7110 drivers do fine without it.
> > > > Each subfolder can represent a different platform, making it easier to
> > > > locate and maintain platform-specific code. Since the code is expected
> > > > to grow in the future, let's start organizing it in a folder-based structure
> > > > for easier maintenance at a later stage.
> > >
> > > Yes, but that's not what you're doing here. You're making just one of the 3
> > > almost identical drivers be different for no good reason.
> > I will restructure it for the other 2 platforms.
> 
> That would be less bad, but you still haven't explained why you need to move
> everything around like that:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CAJM55Z_3Mty2LftPVkQC1wbwtGeznMMAk9mAjH_GoNuL7CKtaQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> I don't think just "too many files" is a very good argument here. Just look at
> drivers/clk/sunxi
Thanks. Given that the trend is not to use subfolders to differentiate the platform
clock driver, I am okay with removing the subfolder and following the naming
convention from the JH71xx's file name.
> 
> /Emil