Re: [PATCH 09/30] dt-bindings: clock: mediatek: Describe MT8196 peripheral clock controllers

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 08:21:10 EST


On 23/06/2025 12:29, Laura Nao wrote:
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - mediatek,mt8196-adsp
> + - mediatek,mt8196-imp-iic-wrap-c
> + - mediatek,mt8196-imp-iic-wrap-e
> + - mediatek,mt8196-imp-iic-wrap-n
> + - mediatek,mt8196-imp-iic-wrap-w
> + - mediatek,mt8196-mdpsys0
> + - mediatek,mt8196-mdpsys1
> + - mediatek,mt8196-pericfg-ao
> + - mediatek,mt8196-pextp0cfg-ao
> + - mediatek,mt8196-pextp1cfg-ao
> + - mediatek,mt8196-ufscfg-ao
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vencsys
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vencsys-c1
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vencsys-c2
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vdecsys
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vdecsys-soc
> + - const: syscon

Why everything is syscon?


> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + '#clock-cells':
> + const: 1
> +
> + '#reset-cells':
> + const: 1
> +
> + mediatek,hardware-voter:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> + description: A phandle of the hw voter node
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - '#clock-cells'
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + pericfg_ao: clock-controller@16640000 {
> + compatible = "mediatek,mt8196-pericfg-ao", "syscon";
> + reg = <0x16640000 0x1000>;
> + mediatek,hardware-voter = <&scp_hwv>;
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> + };
> + - |
> + pextp0cfg_ao: clock-controller@169b0000 {
> + compatible = "mediatek,mt8196-pextp0cfg-ao", "syscon";
> + reg = <0x169b0000 0x1000>;
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> + #reset-cells = <1>;
> + };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mediatek,mt8196-sys-clock.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mediatek,mt8196-sys-clock.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..363ebe87c525
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/mediatek,mt8196-sys-clock.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/mediatek,mt8196-sys-clock.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: MediaTek System Clock Controller for MT8196
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Guangjie Song <guangjie.song@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + - Laura Nao <laura.nao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> + The clock architecture in MediaTek SoCs is structured like below:
> + PLLs -->
> + dividers -->
> + muxes
> + -->
> + clock gate
> +
> + The apmixedsys, apmixedsys_gp2, vlpckgen, armpll, ccipll, mfgpll and ptppll
> + provide most of the PLLs which are generated from the SoC's 26MHZ crystal oscillator.
> + The topckgen, topckgen_gp2 and vlpckgen provide dividers and muxes which
> + provide the clock source to other IP blocks.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - mediatek,mt8196-apmixedsys
> + - mediatek,mt8196-armpll-b-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-armpll-bl-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-armpll-ll-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-apmixedsys-gp2
> + - mediatek,mt8196-ccipll-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-mfgpll-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-mfgpll-sc0-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-mfgpll-sc1-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-ptppll-pll-ctrl
> + - mediatek,mt8196-topckgen
> + - mediatek,mt8196-topckgen-gp2
> + - mediatek,mt8196-vlpckgen
> + - const: syscon

Why everything is syscon?

> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + '#clock-cells':
> + const: 1
> +
> + mediatek,hardware-voter:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> + description: A phandle of the hw voter node

Do not copy property name to description, but say something useful - for
what? And why this cannot be or is not a proper interconnect?

> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - '#clock-cells'
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + apmixedsys_clk: syscon@10000800 {
> + compatible = "mediatek,mt8196-apmixedsys", "syscon";
> + reg = <0x10000800 0x1000>;
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> + };
> + - |
> + topckgen: syscon@10000000 {
> + compatible = "mediatek,mt8196-topckgen", "syscon";
> + reg = <0x10000000 0x800>;
> + mediatek,hardware-voter = <&scp_hwv>;
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> + };
> +



> +#define CLK_OVL1_DLO9 56
> +#define CLK_OVL1_DLO10 57
> +#define CLK_OVL1_DLO11 58
> +#define CLK_OVL1_DLO12 59
> +#define CLK_OVL1_OVLSYS_RELAY0 60
> +#define CLK_OVL1_OVL_INLINEROT0 61
> +#define CLK_OVL1_SMI 62
> +
> +
> +/* VDEC_SOC_GCON_BASE */
> +#define CLK_VDE1_LARB1_CKEN 0
> +#define CLK_VDE1_LAT_CKEN 3

IDs increment by 1, not 3.



Best regards,
Krzysztof