Re: [PATCH v1 0/7] Add rtc refclk support for PolarFire SoC

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On 08/04/2022 16:36, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey,
> As I mentioned in my fixes for 5.18 [0], found out that the reference
> clock for the rtc is actually missing from the clock driver (and the
> dt binding). 
> 
> Currently the mpfs clock driver uses a reference clock called the
> "msspll", set in the device tree, as the parent for the cpu/axi/ahb
> (config) clocks. The frequency of the msspll is determined by the FPGA
> bitstream & the bootloader configures the clock to match the bitstream.
> The real reference is provided by a 100 or 125 MHz off chip oscillator.
> 
> However, the msspll clock is not actually the parent of all clocks on
> the system - the reference clock for the rtc/mtimer actually has the
> off chip oscillator as its parent.
> 
> This series enables reading the rate of the msspll clock, converts
> the refclock in the device tree to the external reference & adds
> the missing rtc reference clock.
> 
> I assume it is okay not to add fixes tags for the rtc dt binding?
> Since the clock was previously missing, the binding is wrong, but
> idk if that qualifies as a fix?

Usually ABI breakage, even if accepted, should be be tagged as fix
because it is clearly then a break of other peoples' trees...

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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