On 28/12/2023 08:38, Jie Luo wrote: >>> Sorry for this confusion. >>> Rob said the internal reference source can be decided by the absence of >>> the property combined with compatible string, because i said the >> >> So all your three DT maintainers agree that lack of property for >> choosing clock, defines the usage of interrupt source. > > This is the reference clock source selection of CMN block, which > generates the clocks for the Ethernet devices. > >> >> Now we had huge amount of arguments that you do not represent properly >> the clock relationships. Still. > > here is the clock topology. > reference clock sources ---> CMN PLL ---> various output clocks How do you guarantee that these clocks are enabled without proper relationships described in DT? In current and future designs? > > the output clocks are provided to the Ethernet devices(such as the > qca808x PHY devices). > > These information is also provided the commit message of the patch > <net: mdio: ipq4019: configure CMN PLL clock for ipq5332>. > >> >>> internal 96MHZ is used on ipq5018 currently in the previous message. >>> >>> per double checked the current IPQ platforms, the internal 96MHZ is also >>> possible on ipq9574, and the reference clock source should be kept as >>> configurable instead of limited by the compatible string, maybe the >>> different reference clock source is acquired in the future, even >>> currently it is not used on the special platform for now. >>> >>> so i update the solution with a little bit of changes. >> >> You still do not want to implement our suggestions and I don't >> understand your arguments. Nothing in above paragraph explains me why >> you cannot use clock provider/consumer relationships. > > Hi Krzysztof, > > The reference clock source can be registered as the fix clock provider, > From the current fix clock provider, the clock rate is useful for the > clock consumer, the fix clock rate is used to generate the output clocks > by the divider or multiplier. > > For the CMN block to select reference clock, which is configuring the > clock source, we don't know the formula to get the output clock value > based on the reference clock value. I don't understand what does it mean. You do not know how to program CMN block? > > i also see there is an example in the upstream code, which is same as > the CMN block to select the reference clock source. Oh, the old argument. So if there is a bug in the code, you are going for example to implement it as well? > > the property "ref-clock-frequency" is defined in the yaml file below. > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/ti,wlcore.yaml. And how does the hardware look like there? It's TI, so how do you even know? Best regards, Krzysztof