Re: [PATCH RFC RFT 3/3] clk: introduce CLK_ENABLE_HAND_OFF flag

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Aug 11 2015 - 07:49:16 EST


Hi Maxime,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/11/2015 01:36 PM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>> On 08/11/2015 12:11 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Maxime Coquelin
>>> <maxime.coquelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> How can we pass CLK_ENABLE_HAND_OFF flag to a specific clock on STi
>>>> platform?
>>>
>>> Add the flag to the relevant clocks in the C code, e.g. in
>>> clk_register_flexgen():
>>>
>>> if (!strcmp(name, "clk-icn-cpu"))
>>> init.flags |= CLK_ENABLE_HAND_OFF;
>
> The main problem I see with this proposal is that clk_register_flexgen() is
> called for several SoCs (STiH407/410/418...).
> Each of these SoCs have this clock, but maybe STiH407 will need the flag,
> but not STiH410 and STiH418.
> So I think the best place to set this information is in DT, where the
> differentiation is made between the SoCs.

If (of_machine_is_compatible("st,stih410")) ...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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