Re: [PATCH] IDE: palm_bk3710: convert clock usage after clkdev conversion

[Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:07 PM, David Miller<davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:01:55 -0700
>
>> Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>>
>>>> DaVinci core code has converted to the new clkdev API so
>>>> clock name strings are not needed.  Instead, just the a
>>>> 'struct device' pointer is needed.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Fix needed for 2.6.31
>>
>> Can this fix be merged for the .31-rc series please?
>>
>>>    It doesn't seem strictly necessary for 2.6.31 -- only in the sense
>>> that "IDECLK" isn't named so anymore, however, clk_get() should still
>>> work.
>
> Either it's needed or it isn't.  It seems like it isn't, and since
> the rules for integrating changes in the RC series right now is
> strict, I'm only going to merge something if it is actually
> necessary.
>

OK, after looking closer at clkdev, it looks like things will continue
to work in .31 without this patch, so this is merely confusing, and
not broken.

I'm ok if it waits until next merge window.

Thanks,

Kevin