Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] dt-bindings: interconnect: Add Qualcomm IPQ9574 support

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 10/04/2024 12:02, Varadarajan Narayanan wrote:
>> Okay, so what happens if icc-clk way of generating them changes a bit?
>> It can change, why not, driver implementation is not an ABI.
>>
>>>
>>> 	2. These auto-generated id-numbers have to be correctly
>>> 	   tied to the DT nodes. Else, the relevant clocks may
>>> 	   not get enabled.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't get, how auto generated ID number is tied to DT node.
>> What DT node?
> 
> I meant the following usage for the 'interconnects' entry of the
> consumer peripheral's node.
> 
> 	interconnects = <&gcc MASTER_ANOC_PCIE0 &gcc SLAVE_ANOC_PCIE0>,
> 			      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 			<&gcc MASTER_SNOC_PCIE0 &gcc SLAVE_SNOC_PCIE0>;
> 			      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>>> Since ICC-CLK creates two ids per clock entry (one MASTER_xxx and
>>> one SLAVE_xxx), using those MASTER/SLAVE_xxx macros as indices in
>>> the below array would create holes.
>>>
>>> 	static int icc_ipq9574_hws[] = {
>>> 		[MASTER_ANOC_PCIE0] = GCC_ANOC_PCIE0_1LANE_M_CLK,
>>> 		[MASTER_SNOC_PCIE0] = GCC_SNOC_PCIE0_1LANE_S_CLK,
>>> 		[MASTER_ANOC_PCIE1] = GCC_ANOC_PCIE1_1LANE_M_CLK,
>>> 		[MASTER_SNOC_PCIE1] = GCC_SNOC_PCIE1_1LANE_S_CLK,
>>> 		. . .
>>> 	};
>>>
>>> Other Qualcomm drivers don't have this issue and they can
>>> directly use the MASTER/SLAVE_xxx macros.
>>
>> I understand, thanks, yet your last patch keeps adding fake IDs, means
>> IDs which are not part of ABI.
>>
>>>
>>> As the MASTER_xxx macros cannot be used, have to define a new set
>>> of macros that can be used for indices in the above array. This
>>> is the reason for the ICC_BINDING_NAME macros.
>>
>> Then maybe fix the driver, instead of adding something which is not an
>> ABI to bindings and completely skipping the actual ABI.
> 
> Will remove the ICC_xxx defines from the header. And in the
> driver will change the declaration as follows. Will that be
> acceptable?
> 
> 	static int icc_ipq9574_hws[] = {
> 		[MASTER_ANOC_PCIE0 / 2] = GCC_ANOC_PCIE0_1LANE_M_CLK,

What is the binding in such case? What exactly do you bind between
driver and DTS?

Best regards,
Krzysztof