Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: Add clock guard DT description

From: Rob Herring

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 18:55:22 EST


On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 05:43:40PM +0000, Vyacheslav Yurkov wrote:
> Describe device tree binding for virtual clock controller guard.

No idea what this means. Please explain how I would identify this h/w.

We generally don't do bindings for virtual devices and we don't do
single clock bindings (other than some we are stuck with).

>
> Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Yurkov <uvv.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Yurkov <V.Yurkov.EXT@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/clock/clock-controller-guard.yaml | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-controller-guard.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-controller-guard.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..71c2d80de1f0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/clock-controller-guard.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: "http://devicetree.org/schemas/clock/clock-controller-guard.yaml#";
> +$schema: "http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#";
> +
> +title: Clock Controller Guard
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Vyacheslav Yurkov <V.Yurkov.EXT@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> + Clock controller that guards upstream clocks and/or GPIO
> + signals and exposes them as a single clock output.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: clock-controller-guard
> +
> + "#clock-cells":
> + const: 1
> +
> + clocks:
> + description: Input clocks that will be guarded.
> + minItems: 0
> +
> + clock-names: Input clock names.
> + minItems: 0
> +
> + clock-output-names:
> + description: Names of the clock provided by this controller.
> + minItems: 1
> + items:
> + type: string
> +
> + gpios:
> + description: |
> + GPIOs used to control or guard the clocks.
> + minItems: 0
> + maxItems: 32
> +
> + gpio-names:
> + description: Names corresponding to each GPIO.
> + minItems: 0
> + maxItems: 32
> +
> + items:
> + type: string
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - "#clock-cells"
> +anyOf:
> + - required:
> + - clocks
> + - required:
> + - gpios
> +dependencies:
> + gpio-names: [gpios]
> + clock-names: [clocks]
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + clkctrl: clock-controller {
> + compatible = "clock-controller-guard";
> + #clock-cells = <1>;
> +
> + clocks = <&clk0 0>, <&pll 0>;
> +
> + gpios = <&gpio0 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
> + <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
> + <&gpio1 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> +
> + gpio-names = "gpio0", "gpio1", "gpio2";
> +
> + clock-output-names = "clkout0";
> + };
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>