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Date:   Thu, 26 Jul 2018 21:13:40 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Arun Parameswaran <arun.parameswaran@broadcom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] net: phy: Add support to configure clock in Broadcom
 iProc mdio mux
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> @@ -175,6 +198,12 @@ static int mdio_mux_iproc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return PTR_ERR(md->base);
>  	}
>  
> +	md->core_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(md->core_clk)) {
> +		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "core_clk not specified\n");
> +		md->core_clk = NULL;
> +	}
> +

In the binding, you say the clock is optional. This is a rather strong
message for something which is optional. I think it would be better to
not output anything.

    Andrew