1 This binding is a work-in-progress, and are based on some experimental
4 Sources of clock signal can be represented by any node in the device
5 tree. Those nodes are designated as clock providers. Clock consumer
6 nodes use a phandle and clock specifier pair to connect clock provider
7 outputs to clock inputs. Similar to the gpio specifiers, a clock
8 specifier is an array of zero, one or more cells identifying the clock
9 output on a device. The length of a clock specifier is defined by the
10 value of a #clock-cells property in the clock provider node.
12 [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/31551/
17 #clock-cells: Number of cells in a clock specifier; Typically 0 for nodes
18 with a single clock output and 1 for nodes with multiple
22 clock-output-names: Recommended to be a list of strings of clock output signal
23 names indexed by the first cell in the clock specifier.
24 However, the meaning of clock-output-names is domain
25 specific to the clock provider, and is only provided to
26 encourage using the same meaning for the majority of clock
27 providers. This format may not work for clock providers
28 using a complex clock specifier format. In those cases it
29 is recommended to omit this property and create a binding
30 specific names property.
32 Clock consumer nodes must never directly reference
33 the provider's clock-output-names property.
39 clock-output-names = "ckil", "ckih";
42 - this node defines a device with two clock outputs, the first named
43 "ckil" and the second named "ckih". Consumer nodes always reference
44 clocks by index. The names should reflect the clock output signal
47 clock-indices: If the identifying number for the clocks in the node
48 is not linear from zero, then this allows the mapping of
49 identifiers into the clock-output-names array.
51 For example, if we have two clocks <&oscillator 1> and <&oscillator 3>:
54 compatible = "myclocktype";
56 clock-indices = <1>, <3>;
57 clock-output-names = "clka", "clkb";
60 This ensures we do not have any empty strings in clock-output-names
66 clocks: List of phandle and clock specifier pairs, one pair
67 for each clock input to the device. Note: if the
68 clock provider specifies '0' for #clock-cells, then
69 only the phandle portion of the pair will appear.
72 clock-names: List of clock input name strings sorted in the same
73 order as the clocks property. Consumers drivers
74 will use clock-names to match clock input names
75 with clocks specifiers.
76 clock-ranges: Empty property indicating that child nodes can inherit named
77 clocks from this node. Useful for bus nodes to provide a
78 clock to their children.
83 clocks = <&osc 1>, <&ref 0>;
84 clock-names = "baud", "register";
88 This represents a device with two clock inputs, named "baud" and "register".
89 The baud clock is connected to output 1 of the &osc device, and the register
90 clock is connected to output 0 of the &ref.
94 /* external oscillator */
96 compatible = "fixed-clock";
98 clock-frequency = <32678>;
99 clock-output-names = "osc";
102 /* phase-locked-loop device, generates a higher frequency clock
103 * from the external oscillator reference */
105 compatible = "vendor,some-pll-interface"
109 reg = <0x4c000 0x1000>;
110 clock-output-names = "pll", "pll-switched";
113 /* UART, using the low frequency oscillator for the baud clock,
114 * and the high frequency switched PLL output for register
117 compatible = "fsl,imx-uart";
118 reg = <0xa000 0x1000>;
120 clocks = <&osc 0>, <&pll 1>;
121 clock-names = "baud", "register";
124 This DT fragment defines three devices: an external oscillator to provide a
125 low-frequency reference clock, a PLL device to generate a higher frequency
126 clock signal, and a UART.
128 * The oscillator is fixed-frequency, and provides one clock output, named "osc".
129 * The PLL is both a clock provider and a clock consumer. It uses the clock
130 signal generated by the external oscillator, and provides two output signals
131 ("pll" and "pll-switched").
132 * The UART has its baud clock connected the external oscillator and its
133 register clock connected to the PLL clock (the "pll-switched" signal)
135 ==Assigned clock parents and rates==
137 Some platforms may require initial configuration of default parent clocks
138 and clock frequencies. Such a configuration can be specified in a device tree
139 node through assigned-clocks, assigned-clock-parents and assigned-clock-rates
140 properties. The assigned-clock-parents property should contain a list of parent
141 clocks in the form of a phandle and clock specifier pair and the
142 assigned-clock-rates property should contain a list of frequencies in Hz. Both
143 these properties should correspond to the clocks listed in the assigned-clocks
146 To skip setting parent or rate of a clock its corresponding entry should be
147 set to 0, or can be omitted if it is not followed by any non-zero entry.
150 compatible = "fsl,imx-uart";
151 reg = <0xa000 0x1000>;
153 clocks = <&osc 0>, <&pll 1>;
154 clock-names = "baud", "register";
156 assigned-clocks = <&clkcon 0>, <&pll 2>;
157 assigned-clock-parents = <&pll 2>;
158 assigned-clock-rates = <0>, <460800>;
161 In this example the <&pll 2> clock is set as parent of clock <&clkcon 0> and
162 the <&pll 2> clock is assigned a frequency value of 460800 Hz.
164 Configuring a clock's parent and rate through the device node that consumes
165 the clock can be done only for clocks that have a single user. Specifying
166 conflicting parent or rate configuration in multiple consumer nodes for
167 a shared clock is forbidden.
169 Configuration of common clocks, which affect multiple consumer devices can
170 be similarly specified in the clock provider node.
174 Some platforms or firmwares may not fully expose all the clocks to the OS, such
175 as in situations where those clks are used by drivers running in ARM secure
176 execution levels. Such a configuration can be specified in device tree with the
177 protected-clocks property in the form of a clock specifier list. This property should
178 only be specified in the node that is providing the clocks being protected:
180 clock-controller@a000f000 {
181 compatible = "vendor,clk95;
182 reg = <0xa000f000 0x1000>
185 protected-clocks = <UART3_CLK>, <SPI5_CLK>;