On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 12:01:14AM +0000, Kuninori Morimoto wrote: > Some board might use Linux and another OS in the same time. In such > case, current Linux will stop necessary module clock when booting > which is not used on Linux side, but is used on another OS side. > > To avoid such situation, renesas-cpg-mssr try to find > status = "reserved" devices (A), and add CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED flag to its > <&cgp CPG_MOD xxx> clock (B). See Stephen's presentation from Plumbers this week. The default behavior for unused clocks may be changing soon. > > Table 2.4: Values for status property > https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification/releases/download/v0.4/devicetree-specification-v0.4.pdf > > "reserved" > Indicates that the device is operational, but should not be > used. Typically this is used for devices that are controlled > by another software component, such as platform firmware. > > ex) > scif5: serial@e6f30000 { > ... > (B) clocks = <&cpg CPG_MOD 202>, > <&cpg CPG_CORE R8A7795_CLK_S3D1>, > <&scif_clk>; > ... > (A) status = "reserved"; > }; I have some reservations about whether a reserved node should be touched at all by Linux. I suppose since it is platform specific, it's okay. I don't think we could apply such behavior globally. Rob
