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

From: Tirdea, Irina
Date: Thu Oct 27 2016 - 10:41:50 EST


Darren Hart wrote:
> 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?
>

Yes, everything is clear now. I will make the change and send a patch
in a few days.

Thanks,
Irina