Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: etnaviv: change clocks to be optional

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Am Montag, den 22.01.2018, 10:28 -0600 schrieb Rob Herring:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 6:06 AM, Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > While the clocks were documented as required, the driver always
> > treated them
> > as optional and there are existing Marvell Dove DTs, which would
> > break if
> > changed to required. Accept reality and document the clocks as
> > optional.
> 
> The fact that clocks are optional for a driver doesn't mean they are
> optional for the binding. Now they could be optional because you have
> power-domains and all clock management is done within the power
> domain
> (though that too is driver specifics leaking into the binding because
> power domain has come to mean power management domain).

So you prefer the binding to stay as-is and accept the Dove DTs as non-
compliant to the bindings, but still okay? That's fine with me and I'll
drop that patch in this case.

Regards,
Lucas
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