Re: [PATCH RFC RFT 3/3] clk: introduce CLK_ENABLE_HAND_OFF flag

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2015, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> I think that we can come up with a reasonable DT wrapper around the
> >> flag. I will be ecstatic if we can agree that the meaning of the flag
> >> can be tweaked just a bit to mean, "prevent this critical clock from
> >> being disabled, as it was enabled out of reset or by the bootloader,
> >> until a driver claims it and calls clk_prepare_enable".
> >
> > Easy, how about:
> >
> > 'prevent_this_critical_clock_from_being_disabled_as_it_was_enabled_out_of_reset_or_by_the_bootloader_until_a_driver_claims_it_and_calls_clk_prepare_enable'
> 
> To make it less Linux-centric:
> 
> "Prevent this critical clock from being disabled implicitly by the OS, as it
>  was enabled out of reset or by the bootloader, until it's explicitly managed
>  by a driver."

Hmm... I think you missed the giggles. :)

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Lee Jones
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