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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>
Cc: olof@lixom.net, tj@kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, ddutile@redhat.com,
	jcm@redhat.com, patches@apm.com, Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Remove the clock and PHY reference from the APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host controller dts node.
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:23:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4479076.DG8ITD3De2@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1406616892-30273-3-git-send-email-stripathi@apm.com>

On Tuesday 29 July 2014 12:24:50 Suman Tripathi wrote:
> This patch removes all clocks and PHY references from the APM X-Gene
> SoC AHCI SATA host controller and PHY DTS nodes. The clock and PHY
> are no longer needed as they are handled by the firmware. By removing
> only the reference is not enough as any un-used clock entry will get
> disabled by the clock framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Loc Ho <lho@apm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suman Tripathi <stripathi@apm.com>
> 

This will break booting on older firmware versions I guess, and
it does not confirm to the binding that lists the phy and clock
properties as "required".

It doesn't sound like a good idea to apply it.

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-29  9:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-29  6:54 [PATCH v4 0/4]ata: Fixes related to APM X-Gene SATA host controller driver Suman Tripathi
2014-07-29  6:54 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] ata: Fix the watermark threshold for the " Suman Tripathi
2014-07-29  6:54 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Remove the clock and PHY reference from the APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host controller dts node Suman Tripathi
2014-07-29  9:23   ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-07-29  6:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] ata: Use correct OOB tunning parameters for APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host controller driver Suman Tripathi
2014-07-29  6:54 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] ata: Removing NCQ support from the APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host Controller driver Suman Tripathi
2014-07-29 14:26 ` [PATCH v4 0/4]ata: Fixes related to APM X-Gene SATA host controller driver Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <CAOHikRCPY__5zTch--G3yTCdfdb=_NNoBB2tu_fANBm4JipBPw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-07-29 14:36     ` Tejun Heo

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