From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765340AbYDYUVX (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:21:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762016AbYDYUVP (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:21:15 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:34422 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761341AbYDYUVO (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:21:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:20:10 +0100 From: Russell King To: Pavel Machek Cc: Paul Walmsley , Dmitry , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Haavard Skinnemoen , Paul Mundt , pHilipp Zabel , tony@atomide.com, David Brownell , hiroshi.DOYU@nokia.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Clocklib: generic clocks framework Message-ID: <20080425202010.GA28893@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20080420082925.GA32739@doriath.ww600.siemens.net> <20080425103942.GC14903@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080425103942.GC14903@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:39:42PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > WTF? There are currently around 10 copies of clock code in the tree, > every one slightly different. If this can help us get rid of all that > crap, that's a GOOD THING, normative or not. At the expense of people going off and inventing their own APIs because they find that the "normatived" clock API doesn't do what they need to? That's what will happen if you try to force a framework on folk which they don't agree with. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: