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

[Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com>]

JeeHeng Sia wrote:
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> > From: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 7:57 PM
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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@canonical.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2023 12:25 AM
> > > > To: JeeHeng Sia <jeeheng.sia@starfivetech.com>; kernel@esmil.dk; conor@kernel.org; robh+dt@kernel.org;
> > > > krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org; paul.walmsley@sifive.com; palmer@dabbelt.com; aou@eecs.berkeley.edu;
> > > > mturquette@baylibre.com; sboyd@kernel.org; p.zabel@pengutronix.de; emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com; Hal Feng
> > > > <hal.feng@starfivetech.com>; Xingyu Wu <xingyu.wu@starfivetech.com>
> > > > Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org; devicetree@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-clk@vger.kernel.org; Leyfoon
> > Tan
> > > > <leyfoon.tan@starfivetech.com>
> > > > 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@starfivetech.com>
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Ley Foon Tan <leyfoon.tan@starfivetech.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  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@mail.gmail.com/

I don't think just "too many files" is a very good argument here. Just look at
drivers/clk/sunxi

/Emil