On 19/08/2022 14:28, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> Maybe that is me exploiting the "should", but I was not sure how to >> include the location in the devicetree. > > Neither node names nor clock names are considered an ABI, but some > pieces like to rely on them. Now you created such dependency so imagine > someone prepares a DTSI/DTS with "clock-controller" names for all four > blocks. How you driver would behave? -EEXIST, registration fails in the core. > The DTS would be perfectly valid but driver would not accept it > (conflicting names) or behave incorrect. > > I think what you need is the clock-output-names property. The core > schema dtschema/schemas/clock/clock.yaml recommends unified > interpretation of it - list of names for all the clocks - but accepts > other uses, e.g. as a prefix. So could I do `clock-output-names = "ccc_nw";`. That would work for me, with one question: How would I enforce the unique-ness of this property, since it would be a per CCC/clock-controller property? Maybe I missed something, but I gave it a shot with two different CCC nodes having "ccc_nw" & dtbs_check did not complain. Up to me to explain the restriction in the dt-bindings description? FWIW I would then have: ccc_sw: clock-controller@38400000 { compatible = "microchip,mpfs-ccc"; reg = <0x0 0x38400000 0x0 0x1000>, <0x0 0x38800000 0x0 0x1000>, <0x0 0x39400000 0x0 0x1000>, <0x0 0x39800000 0x0 0x1000>; #clock-cells = <1>; clock-output-names = "ccc_sw"; status = "disabled"; }; & in the binding: clock-output-names: pattern: ^ccc_[ns][ew]$ As always, thanks for your help. I did look at output names earlier in the process, but didn't realise I could use it as a prefix. Conor.