Re: [PATCH v2] clk: bcm2835: Round UART input clock up

Ivan T. Ivanov
2022-04-19T15:05:59Z

On 04-18 18:01, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you use the mainline DTS or the vendor DTS to see this issue?
> > >
> > For (open)SUSE we use downstream DTS.
>
> This is popular and bad at the same time. We as the mainline kernel
> developer cannot guarantee that this works as expected. A lot of issues are
> caused by mixing vendor DTS with mainline kernel, so in general (not for
> this specific issue) you are on your own with this approach.
>

Yep, I am aware of that. I am still trying to recover after recent
gpio-ranges fiasco, also still working on fixing non-exported firmware
clocks, which break HDMI output on some of the devices.

> I know this is a little bit off topic but except from overlay support, can
> you provide a list of most missing features of the mainline kernel / DTS?

Well, 260+ overlays for free is not insignificant benefit. Beside few
breakages from time to time using downstream device tree works fine.

Regards,
Ivan