Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: clocks: add binding for voltage-controlled-oscillators

[Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Conor,

On 2024-07-16 18:15, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 01:02:49PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > In contrast to fixed clocks that are described as ungateable, boards
> > sometimes use additional oscillators for things like PCIe reference
> > clocks, that need actual supplies to get enabled and enable-gpios to 
> > be
> > toggled for them to work.
> >
> > This adds a binding for such oscillators that are not configurable
> > themself, but need to handle supplies for them to work.
> >
> > In schematics they often can be seen as
> >
> >          ----------------
> > Enable - | 100MHz,3.3V, | - VDD
> >          |    3225      |
> >    GND - |              | - OUT
> >          ----------------
> >
> > or similar. The enable pin might be separate but can also just be tied
> > to the vdd supply, hence it is optional in the binding.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml    | 49 
> > +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml
> >
> > diff --git 
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml 
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000000..8bff6b0fd582e
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/voltage-oscillator.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Voltage controlled oscillator
>
> Voltage controlled oscillator? Really? That sounds far too similar to a
> VCO to me, and the input voltage here (according to the description at
> least) does not affect the frequency of oscillation.

Yup, "voltage controlled oscillator" really isn't the right choice for
the name, as I wrote about already. [1]

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/ec84dc37e2c421ee6d31294e08392d57@xxxxxxxxxxx/

> Why the dedicated binding, rather than adding a supply and enable-gpio
> to the existing "fixed-clock" binding? I suspect that a large portion 
> of
> "fixed-clock"s actually require a supply that is (effectively)
> always-on.
>
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +properties:
> > +  compatible:
> > +    const: voltage-oscillator
> > +
> > +  "#clock-cells":
> > +    const: 0
> > +
> > +  clock-frequency: true
> > +
> > +  clock-output-names:
> > +    maxItems: 1
> > +
> > +  enable-gpios:
> > +    description:
> > +      Contains a single GPIO specifier for the GPIO that enables and 
> > disables
> > +      the oscillator.
> > +    maxItems: 1
> > +
> > +  vdd-supply:
> > +    description: handle of the regulator that provides the supply 
> > voltage
> > +
> > +required:
> > +  - compatible
> > +  - "#clock-cells"
> > +  - clock-frequency
> > +  - vdd-supply
> > +
> > +additionalProperties: false
> > +
> > +examples:
> > +  - |
> > +    voltage-oscillator {
> > +      compatible = "voltage-oscillator";
> > +      #clock-cells = <0>;
> > +      clock-frequency = <1000000000>;
> > +      vdd-supply = <&reg_vdd>;
> > +    };
> > +...
> > --
> > 2.39.2
>
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