Re: [RESEND PATCH v4] clk: x86: Add Atom PMC platform clocks

From: Darren Hart
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 18:01:45 EST


On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:43:24PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Darren Hart wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 01:38:54PM +0000, Tirdea, Irina wrote:
> > > intel_pmc_* drivers or is it enough to move it as a standalone driver for now?
> >
> > If the functionality is substantially different, then I don't see a
> > compelling, and certainly not an immediate, need to merge them. Assume
> > for now they are to remain as separate drivers. I suggest keeping the
> > existing name for now as well. Let's just complete the move with as
> > little user-visible changes as possible.
> >
> > The placement of the header file is a bit tricky as it is being used in
> > drivers/clk/x86 in addition to the pmc_atom driver in
> > drivers/platform/x86.
> >
> > The best existing location would appear to be include/platform_data/
> >
> > Thomas, is that acceptable to you?
>
> Yes
>
> > arch/x86/platform/atom/pmc_atom.c -> drivers/platform/x86
> > arch/x86/include/asm/pmc_atom.h -> include/platform_data/
> >
> > If there are enough of these, it might make sense to create:
> >
> > include/platform/x86/
> >
> > but I suggest we start with minimal change.
>
> No. Make that x86 directory right away. include/platform_data is already a
> maze of 224 files. Start structuring it now.

OK, that's fine with me too.

(but I typo'd, should have been: include/linux/platform_data/x86)

Irina, does this give you enough to go on?

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center