Re: [PATCH 2/3] spi: sh-msiof: Convert to spi core auto_runtime_pm framework

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Laurent,

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 March 2014 17:23:37 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > Does this require drivers/sh/pm_runtime.c to be compiled in ?
>>
>> Let's check...
>>
>> My koelsch-legacy kernel has drivers/sh/pm_runtime.c compiled in.
>> My koelsch-reference kernel hasn't.
>>
>> However, under the -reference kernel many MSTP clocks (incl. MSIOF)
>> seem to be enabled all the time, while under -legacy they are enabled and
>> disabled on demand.
>
> Is PM_RUNTIME enabled in both cases ?

Yes it is.

> There's something fishy in there that we should try to fix without too further
> much delay. Ben Dooks has pointed out the problem a couple of months ago, but
> the discussion on the mailing list just died.

Indeed. I'll look into it next week, unless someone beats me to it.

Note that I dropped Ben's patch to include drivers/sh, as I can't boot into
userspace with it.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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