From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sascha Hauer Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: OMAP2+: Allow clock alias provision from device tree Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:07:52 +0100 Message-ID: <20130211160752.GG1906@pengutronix.de> References: <1360597464-8491-1-git-send-email-rogerq@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1360597464-8491-1-git-send-email-rogerq-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Sender: "devicetree-discuss" To: Roger Quadros Cc: Russell King , devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, balbi-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org, Santosh Shilimkar , linux-omap-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:44:23PM +0200, Roger Quadros wrote: > Currently on OMAP, it is not possible to specify a clock consumer > to any of the OMAP generated clocks using the device tree. This can pose > a problem for external devices that run off an OMAP clock as we > can't reliably provide a reference to the clock in the device tree. There is an established way of providing clocks in the devicetree using the clocks/clock-names properties. Wouldn't it be better using this for OMAP aswell? Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |