From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: sti: stih410-clocks: Add PROC_STFE as a critical clock Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:51:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20161026085141.GJ8574@dell> References: <1476804957-24000-1-git-send-email-peter.griffin@linaro.org> <20161024085304.GE14477@dell> <20161024134416.GB10440@griffinp-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2nd> <20161025074257.GF8574@dell> <20161025093926.GA3206@griffinp-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2nd> <20161025100141.GH8574@dell> <20161025134940.GA3993@griffinp-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2nd> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161025134940.GA3993@griffinp-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2nd> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Peter Griffin Cc: linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-F5mvAk5X5gdBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, patrice.chotard-qxv4g6HH51o@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > > > If the clock is enabled when Linux boots, the Linux clock framework *needs* > > > to assume the hardware may have been used in previous boot stages, and it should > > > not attempt to disable the clock. > > > > None of the boot loaders we use do this. > > But the Linux kernel isn't just used by us. It is not uncommon for STB > bootloaders to get information from the frontend as part of the boot process. Okay, this is the clincher. Since we need to support non-standard bootloaders, it's difficult to guarantee that the clock will be disabled at boot. For this reason, I believe that we can call this a critical clock. -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html