From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
To: Dong Aisheng <dongas86@gmail.com>
Cc: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>,
linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, mturquette@baylibre.com,
shawnguo@kernel.org, Anson.Huang@nxp.com, ping.bai@nxp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] clk: imx: add imx7ulp clk driver
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:41:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170620204152.GS4493@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170620094256.GF6805@b29396-OptiPlex-7040>
On 06/20, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 07:01:19PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >
> > Any reason why it can't be a platform driver? If not, please add
> > some comment explaining why.
> >
>
> Timer is using it at early stage. GIC seems not although standard
> binding claim possible clock requirement.
> Others still not sure.
>
> What your suggestion?
> Convert timer to platform driver and make clock as platform driver as well?
>
The timer can't be a platform driver because it would be too
late. The clock driver could register whatever clks are required
for the timer/GIC in a CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER hook, and then leave
the rest to a platform driver. This way we get some of the device
driver framework in this code.
--
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
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From: sboyd@codeaurora.org (Stephen Boyd)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] clk: imx: add imx7ulp clk driver
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:41:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170620204152.GS4493@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170620094256.GF6805@b29396-OptiPlex-7040>
On 06/20, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 07:01:19PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >
> > Any reason why it can't be a platform driver? If not, please add
> > some comment explaining why.
> >
>
> Timer is using it at early stage. GIC seems not although standard
> binding claim possible clock requirement.
> Others still not sure.
>
> What your suggestion?
> Convert timer to platform driver and make clock as platform driver as well?
>
The timer can't be a platform driver because it would be too
late. The clock driver could register whatever clks are required
for the timer/GIC in a CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER hook, and then leave
the rest to a platform driver. This way we get some of the device
driver framework in this code.
--
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-20 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-15 13:59 [PATCH 0/9] clk: add imx7ulp clk support Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 1/9] clk: clk-divider: add CLK_DIVIDER_ZERO_GATE " Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 1:45 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 1:45 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:08 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:08 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-26 3:07 ` A.s. Dong
2017-06-26 3:07 ` A.s. Dong
2017-06-26 3:07 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-01 0:55 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-01 0:55 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-03 3:46 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:46 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:46 ` A.s. Dong
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 2/9] clk: reparent orphans after critical clocks enabled Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 1:51 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 1:51 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:25 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:25 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 3/9] clk: fractional-divider: add CLK_FRAC_DIVIDER_ZERO_BASED flag support Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 1:55 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 1:55 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:26 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:26 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 4/9] clk: imx: add pllv4 support Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 1:59 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 1:59 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:31 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:31 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-07-01 0:36 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-01 0:36 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-03 3:21 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:21 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:21 ` A.s. Dong
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 5/9] clk: imx: add pfdv2 support Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 6/9] clk: imx: add composite clk support Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 2:00 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 2:00 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:32 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:32 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 7/9] dt-bindings: clock: add imx7ulp clock binding doc Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 8/9] clk: imx: make mux parent strings const Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 2:01 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 2:01 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-05-15 13:59 ` [PATCH 9/9] clk: imx: add imx7ulp clk driver Dong Aisheng
2017-05-15 13:59 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 2:01 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 2:01 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-20 9:42 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 9:42 ` Dong Aisheng
2017-06-20 20:41 ` Stephen Boyd [this message]
2017-06-20 20:41 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-06-21 7:13 ` A.s. Dong
2017-06-21 7:13 ` A.s. Dong
2017-06-21 7:13 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-01 0:35 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-01 0:35 ` Stephen Boyd
2017-07-03 3:18 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:18 ` A.s. Dong
2017-07-03 3:18 ` A.s. Dong
2017-06-13 6:42 ` [PATCH 0/9] clk: add imx7ulp clk support Dong Aisheng
2017-06-13 6:42 ` Dong Aisheng
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