Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] Add OV5647 device tree documentation

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On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 04:50:53PM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Although, the driver could try to work on the actual obtained frequency.
> This is unlikely to work though, but it won't be very easy to figure out
> why the device isn't working. Having the frequency in DT accessible for the
> driver to check makes failing early with a clear error message possible.

The below point actually makes the above matter a non-issue: this driver
will contain a list of supported frequencies. A SMIA driver that I
typically work with, for instance, does not. So I think your suggestion of
having the CCF handle setting the frequency is a good one.

> 
> > 
> > So, the clock frequency set up is delegated to CCF, and when any other
> > than 25 MHz frequencies are got supported, that's only the matter of
> > driver updates, DTBs won't be touched.
> 
> Indeed. The new supported frequencies in this case will be additional
> single values; there won't be ranges or such. The register lists the
> driver contains are more or less dependent on that frequency.

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Sakari Ailus
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