Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:42:29 +0800
From:   Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
To:     "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/15] dt-bindings: clock: Add Ambarella clock bindings
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Hi Krzysztof,

 ---- On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:08:09 +0800  Krzysztof Kozlowski  wrote --- 
 > On 27/01/2023 15:48, Li Chen wrote:
 > >  > 
 > >  > but what you are saying is that there is no separate clock controller
 > >  > device with its own IO address but these clocks are part of rct_syscon.
 > >  > Then model it that way in DTS. The rct_syscon is then your clock
 > >  > controller and all these fake gclk-core and gclk-ddr nodes should be gone.
 > > 
 > > Ok, I will remove these fake nodes, and model the hardware as:
 > > 
 > > rct_syscon node
 > > | clock node(pll, div, mux, composite  clocks live in the same driver)
 > > | other periphal nodes
 > 
 > You need clock node if it takes any resources. If it doesn't, you do not
 > need it.

Got it, I will model it as:

rct_syscon(compatible include "ambarella, <SoC>-clock"...)
| peripheral A
| peripheral B
| ...


One more question, two driver models:
a. compatible = "ambarella, <SoC>-clock", handle all clocks(pll, div, mux, composite) in single driver.
b. compatible = "ambarella, <SoC>-pll-clock", "ambarella, <SoC>-composite-clock", "ambarella, <SoC>-div-clock"...... 
    and implement a driver for each of them.

Which driver model is preferred?

Regards,
Li