Hi Adam, On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 5:18 PM Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The SoC expects the txv_refclk is provided, but if it is provided > by a programmable clock, there needs to be a way to get and enable > this clock to operate. It needs to be optional since it's only > necessary for those with programmable clocks. > > Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks for your patch! > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h > @@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ struct ravb_private { > struct platform_device *pdev; > void __iomem *addr; > struct clk *clk; > + struct clk *ref_clk; > struct mdiobb_ctrl mdiobb; > u32 num_rx_ring[NUM_RX_QUEUE]; > u32 num_tx_ring[NUM_TX_QUEUE]; > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c > index bd30505fbc57..4c3f95923ef2 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c > @@ -2148,6 +2148,18 @@ static int ravb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > goto out_release; > } > > + priv->ref_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "txc_refclk"); Please also update the DT bindings[1], to document the optional presence of the clock. > + if (IS_ERR(priv->ref_clk)) { > + if (PTR_ERR(priv->ref_clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER) { > + /* for Probe defer return error */ > + error = PTR_ERR(priv->ref_clk); > + goto out_release; > + } > + /* Ignore other errors since it's optional */ > + } else { > + (void)clk_prepare_enable(priv->ref_clk); This can fail. Does this clock need to be enabled all the time? At least it should be disabled in the probe failure path, and in ravb_remove(). [1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/renesas,etheravb.yaml Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds