Re: [PATCH v8 0/8] clk: add support for v1 / v2 clock rate negotiation and kunit tests

From: Brian Masney

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 09:41:39 EST


On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 12:11:06PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> To be fairly honest, the discussion at LPC about how to handle this case
> (and the transition) did not exist because time was flying but I do not
> generally like the approaches were we introduce "the good" alternative
> without enabling it by default. It just makes the transitions endless
> and more painful for people who already suffer from a problem. I am
> fine keeping the old behaviour available, but I would be in favour of
> making the legacy way available with an explicity flag, rather than the
> opposite. We may break users, yes, but otherwise we will have to support
> the two calculations forever and nobody will ever notice the new
> alternative.

Honestly making the new behavior the default would also be my preference
as well. I think it'd be good to get additional opinions about this.

> That being said, it works! So:
>
> Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Brian