Re: [PATCH net 1/3] dt-bindings: net: thead,th1520-gmac: Describe APB interface clock

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Tue Jul 29 2025 - 13:45:27 EST


On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 09:37:32AM +0000, Yao Zi wrote:
> Besides ones for GMAC core and peripheral registers, the TH1520 GMAC
> requires one more clock for configuring APB glue registers. Describe
> it in the binding.
>
> Though the clock is essential for operation, it's not marked as required
> for now to avoid introducing new dt-binding warnings to existing dts.

Nah, introduce the warnings. If the clock is required for operation, it
should be marked as such. You've made it optional in the driver, which
is the important part (backwards compatible) and you've got the dts
patch in the series.

>
> Fixes: f920ce04c399 ("dt-bindings: net: Add T-HEAD dwmac support")
> Signed-off-by: Yao Zi <ziyao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/net/thead,th1520-gmac.yaml | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/thead,th1520-gmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/thead,th1520-gmac.yaml
> index 6d9de3303762..fea9fbc1d006 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/thead,th1520-gmac.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/thead,th1520-gmac.yaml
> @@ -59,14 +59,18 @@ properties:
> - const: apb
>
> clocks:
> + minItems: 2
> items:
> - description: GMAC main clock
> - description: Peripheral registers interface clock
> + - description: APB glue registers interface clock
>
> clock-names:
> + minItems: 2
> items:
> - const: stmmaceth
> - const: pclk
> + - const: apb
>
> interrupts:
> items:
> @@ -88,8 +92,8 @@ examples:
> compatible = "thead,th1520-gmac", "snps,dwmac-3.70a";
> reg = <0xe7070000 0x2000>, <0xec003000 0x1000>;
> reg-names = "dwmac", "apb";
> - clocks = <&clk 1>, <&clk 2>;
> - clock-names = "stmmaceth", "pclk";
> + clocks = <&clk 1>, <&clk 2>, <&clk 3>;
> + clock-names = "stmmaceth", "pclk", "apb";
> interrupts = <66>;
> interrupt-names = "macirq";
> phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
> --
> 2.50.1
>

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