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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@freescale.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux@arm.linux.org.uk, mark.langsdorf@calxeda.com,
	patches@linaro.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com,
	catalin.marinas@arm.com, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
	bryanh@codeaurora.org, cpufreq@vger.kernel.org,
	grant.likely@secretlab.ca, jamie@jamieiles.com,
	rdunlap@xenotime.net, eric.miao@linaro.org,
	kernel@pengutronix.de, davej@redhat.com,
	linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org, davidb@codeaurora.org,
	shawn.guo@linaro.org, rob.herring@calxeda.com,
	Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@linaro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 4/7] cpufreq: add generic cpufreq driver
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:43:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201112210943.34310.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111221092739.GI15863@b20223-02.ap.freescale.net>

On Wednesday 21 December 2011, Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 09:20:46AM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:

> > > > > You also need to define how the core supplies get looked up.
> > > 
> > > > It's pure software. platform uses this driver have to define "cpu" consumer.
> > > 
> > > You still need to define this in the binding.
> > You mean regulator DT binding? already in ? I'll check it.
> Mark, cpu node is not a struct device, sys_device instead. I can not find
> regulator via device/dt node. Can I still use the string to get regulator
> after converting to DT?

I believe Kay and Greg have the plan to unify "class" and "bus" in sysfs, which
implies turning sys_device into a derived class of device instead of kobject.
If that understanding is correct, we might as well do that now so we can
attach a device_node to a sys_device.

Kay, does this make sense?

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH V3 4/7] cpufreq: add generic cpufreq driver
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:43:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201112210943.34310.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111221092739.GI15863@b20223-02.ap.freescale.net>

On Wednesday 21 December 2011, Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 09:20:46AM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:

> > > > > You also need to define how the core supplies get looked up.
> > > 
> > > > It's pure software. platform uses this driver have to define "cpu" consumer.
> > > 
> > > You still need to define this in the binding.
> > You mean regulator DT binding? already in ? I'll check it.
> Mark, cpu node is not a struct device, sys_device instead. I can not find
> regulator via device/dt node. Can I still use the string to get regulator
> after converting to DT?

I believe Kay and Greg have the plan to unify "class" and "bus" in sysfs, which
implies turning sys_device into a derived class of device instead of kobject.
If that understanding is correct, we might as well do that now so we can
attach a device_node to a sys_device.

Kay, does this make sense?

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-21  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-19  3:21 [PATCH V3 0/7] add a generic cpufreq driver Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 1/7] ARM: add cpufreq transiton notifier to adjust loops_per_jiffy for smp Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21 14:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21 14:21     ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 2/7] arm/imx: cpufreq: remove loops_per_jiffy recalculate " Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 3/7] cpufreq: OMAP: " Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 4/7] cpufreq: add generic cpufreq driver Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19 10:05   ` Jamie Iles
2011-12-19 10:05     ` Jamie Iles
2011-12-19 14:19     ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19 14:19       ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19 14:39       ` Jamie Iles
2011-12-19 14:39         ` Jamie Iles
2011-12-19 15:00         ` Rob Herring
2011-12-19 15:00           ` Rob Herring
2011-12-20  1:59           ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20  1:59             ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20 15:13             ` Rob Herring
2011-12-20 15:13               ` Rob Herring
     [not found]               ` <4EF0A612.2060400-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-20 22:16                 ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20 15:21             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-12-20 15:21               ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found]               ` <201112201521.37747.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-20 21:57                 ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20 14:59   ` Mark Brown
2011-12-20 14:59     ` Mark Brown
2011-12-20 23:27     ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20 23:27       ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-20 23:48       ` Mark Brown
2011-12-20 23:48         ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21  1:20         ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  1:20           ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  1:32           ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21  1:32             ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21  2:24             ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  2:24               ` Richard Zhao
     [not found]               ` <20111221022452.GF15863-iWYTGMXpHj9ITqJhDdzsOjpauB2SiJktrE5yTffgRl4@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-21  2:33                 ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21  2:33                   ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21  2:51                   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  2:51                     ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  9:27           ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  9:27             ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21  9:43             ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-12-21  9:43               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-12-21 11:44               ` Kay Sievers
2011-12-21 11:44                 ` Kay Sievers
2011-12-21 12:12                 ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21 12:12                   ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21 12:49                   ` Kay Sievers
2011-12-21 12:49                     ` Kay Sievers
2011-12-21 14:19                     ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-21 14:19                       ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-22  0:50                       ` Mark Brown
2011-12-22  0:50                         ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21 12:11               ` Mark Brown
2011-12-21 12:11                 ` Mark Brown
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 5/7] dts/imx6q: add cpufreq property Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 6/7] arm/imx6q: register arm_clk as cpu to clkdev Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21 ` [PATCH V3 7/7] arm/imx6q: select ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ Richard Zhao
2011-12-19  3:21   ` Richard Zhao

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