[RFC] [PATCH] arm & sh: factorised duplicated clkdev.c

[lethal@linux-sh.org (Paul Mundt)]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 04:37:12AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 00:17 Thu 02 Sep     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 01:13:02PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > On 10:12 Wed 01 Sep     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 01:16:42PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > factorise some generic infrastructure to assist looking up struct clks
> > > > > for the ARM & SH architecture.
> > > > > +/*
> > > > > + * Returns a clock. Note that we first try to use device id on the bus
> > > > > + * and clock name. If this fails, we try to use clock name only.
> > > > > + */
> > > > >  struct clk *clk_get(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
> > > > >  {
> > > > >  	const char *dev_id = dev ? dev_name(dev) : NULL;
> > > > >  
> > > > >  	return clk_get_sys(dev_id, con_id);
> > > > >  }
> > > > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_get);
> > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_get);
> > > > >  
> > > > >  void clk_put(struct clk *clk)
> > > > >  {
> > > > >  	__clk_put(clk);
> > > > >  }
> > > > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(clk_put);
> > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_put);
> > > > 
> > > > Please leave these as-is.
> > > ok but on SH it's GPL so it is ok with you Paul too?
> > 
> > If you want to get that pedantic... I created clkdev, and Sascha Hauer
> > extended it with some refactoring to create the clk_get_sys() interface.
> personnaly It's fine for I
> I just get in mind to knon if Paul have a specific reason to put it as GPL
> EXPORT_SYMBOL
> 
The original SH interfaces were GPL exported, when I moved the ARM code
in I suppose I forgot to sync the symbol exports at the same time.  My
reasons for having it GPL only in the first place are irrelevant here, we
defer to whatever ARM is doing.