Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] clk: export tree topology and clk data via sysfs

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Wed Nov 23 2011 - 13:07:53 EST


On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:59:04AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> ..let's plan on getting rid of the early usage of clocks instead so
> you don't have the issue of deferring stuff.

No - we have too many platforms already using them early to do a change
like this - and to do such a change will force them to invent some other
way. That's just stupid.

Keep the clk API as a fundamental thing which should be initialized early
so we don't have to invent new clk APIs to get around its unavailability.
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