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Subject: Re: ARM clock API to PowerPC
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On Aug 12, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:57:05PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt  
> wrote:
>> Hi folks !
>>
>> (Russell, let us know if you want to dropped from the CC list, but I
>> felt you may have some useful input to provide here).
>>
>> So I think it would be valuable to provide the ARM clock API  
>> exposed by
>> include/linux/clk.h on various PowerPC embedded hardware.
>
> I'm probably being particularly dense, and I haven't had my coffee  
> yet this
> morning, but you never actually said _why_ you think this is valuable?
>
> I'm a bit confused as to what problem you are trying to solve with  
> the API.

I'm in the same boat as you Josh.  I think there is value and utility  
here but not sure what problem Ben's trying to solve.

- k