[RFC] MIPS: BCM63XX: add Device Tree clock definitions

[Stephen Warren]

On 11/14/2012 05:11 AM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> On 13 November 2012 06:02, Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org> wrote:
>> On 11/11/2012 05:50 AM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
>>> Add definitions for the clocks found and used in all supported SoCs.
>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dts/bcm6328.dtsi b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dts/bcm6328.dtsi
>>
>>> +                     clocks {
>>> +                             #address-cells = <1>;
>>> +                             #size-cells = <0>;
>>> +
>>> +                             periph: pll {
>>> +                                     compatible = "brcm,bcm63xx-clock";
>>> +                                     #clock-cells = <0>;
>>> +                                     clock-frequency = <50000000>;
>>> +                                     clock-output-names = "periph";
>>> +                             };
>>
>> Here too, it seems like some reg properties would be required.
> 
> This is more or less a dummy clock with no real backing for it, but
> some of the drivers expect this clock to be present (even just to get
> the frequency).

Should compatible="fixed-clock" then if this is just a dummy? Ideally
though, nothing "dummy" would be added to the DT; the kernel would
continue to provide the dummy values via code until the DT was able to
fully represent the actual HW.