Re: [PATCH 04/15] dt-bindings: rtc: sun6i-rtc: Export internal RC oscillator

Chen-Yu Tsai
2018-11-28T11:18:42Z

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:33 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 05:30:01PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > Experiments showed that on at least the H3/H5/A64 the RTC's internal
> > oscillator also feeds the CPUS mux in the PRCM.
> >
> > Export this clock through the device tree, instead of having to use
> > a dummy fixed-clock device node, for the PRCM to consume. This will
> > properly describe the relationship between the clocks.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/sun6i-rtc.txt | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/sun6i-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/sun6i-rtc.txt
> > index 78c4fb472eb7..1bd37faadecb 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/sun6i-rtc.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/sun6i-rtc.txt
> > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Required properties:
> >
> > Required properties for new device trees
> > - clocks : phandle to the 32kHz external oscillator
> > -- clock-output-names : names of the two clock outputs. See below.
> > +- clock-output-names : names of the three clock outputs. See below.
> > - #clock-cells : must be equal to 1.
> >
> > The RTC provides the following clocks at the given indices:
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The RTC provides the following clocks at the given indices:
> > - 1: LOSC external output, known as X32KFOUT in the datasheet.
> > This clock is not available on the A31 and is deprecated for old
> > device trees still using the "allwinner,sun6i-a31-rtc" compatible.
> > +- 2: InternalOSC, or internal RC oscillator
>
> It seems to be required only for a few RTC though (H3, H5 and R40?)

IMO there's no harm in exporting it for all SoCs. I still don't know
if it's needed for the A31 either. And we don't have documents for the
PRCM stuff for any of the SoCs involved.

ChenYu