Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: clock: agilex: mark mpu_l2ram_clk deprecated

Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-clk,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 06/08/2026 09:43, Chan, Genevieve wrote:
>>> +/* 42 - reserved/unused */
>>
>> How IDs can be reserved? These are implemented by drivers (abstract IDs
>> not used by hardware), so how driver could reserve it?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> You are right. These IDs are DT clock specifier indices (provider one-cell ABI), not hardware IDs. The clk driver registers clocks into hws[id]; unused indices remain -ENOENT.
> 
> ID 42 was never defined in the original Agilex binding (EMAC0=41, EMAC1=43). The comment was placed to only documents that historical hole so we do not renumber later IDs. It is not a hardware reservation — it is for ABI hygiene.
> 
> Happy to reword to something clearer, e.g. /* 42 never assigned; do not renumber */, or drop the comment if preferred.
> 


Please wrap your responses.

Comment is simply not needed.

Best regards,
Krzysztof
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