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From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
To: "Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@analog.com>
Cc: "jic23@kernel.org" <jic23@kernel.org>,
	"linux-iio@vger.kernel.org" <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>,
	"device-drivers-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org"
	<device-drivers-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] iio: frequency: New driver for AD9523 SPI Low Jitter Clock Generator
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 15:42:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FA3EAC2.2080005@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <544AC56F16B56944AEC3BD4E3D5917714E797B4F51@LIMKCMBX1.ad.analog.com>

On 5/4/2012 3:00 PM, Hennerich, Michael wrote:
> Jonathan Cameron wrote on 2012-05-04:
>> On 5/4/2012 2:31 PM, michael.hennerich@analog.com wrote:
>>> From: Michael Hennerich<michael.hennerich@analog.com>
>> Before I dive in here too far, let me ask the stupid question.
>>
>> Whilst I know nothing much about it, why is the kernel's clock framework
>> unsuitable for this device?
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I think we had a similar discussion before.
>
> The in-kernel clock infrastructure HAVE_CLK<linux/clk.h>  is not suitable
> since it is designed for SoC like systems.
>
> 1) The API is exported by arch and platform code.
> 2) Data structures differ between the different implementations.
> 3) Coexistence with other clock providers is by design impossible.
>
> Greetings,
> Michael
>
Does ring a bell now you mention it :) Thanks for the summary.  I can 
imagine
there may be a suggestion to look at overcoming the above in the long term,
but can't see it being worth while for a small number of parts.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-04 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-04 13:31 [PATCH 1/3] iio: documentation: Add out_altvoltage and friends michael.hennerich
2012-05-04 13:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] iio: documentation: create frequency sub-folder and move dds docs michael.hennerich
2012-05-11 12:34   ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-05-04 13:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] iio: frequency: New driver for AD9523 SPI Low Jitter Clock Generator michael.hennerich
2012-05-04 13:50   ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-05-04 14:00     ` Hennerich, Michael
2012-05-04 14:42       ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2012-05-12 18:19   ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-05-14 14:09     ` Michael Hennerich
2012-05-14 17:36       ` Jonathan Cameron
2012-05-11 12:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] iio: documentation: Add out_altvoltage and friends Jonathan Cameron

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