RE: [PATCH 1/2] clk: imx6ul: add GPIO clock gates

From: Anson Huang
Date: Sat Jun 02 2018 - 21:38:23 EST


Hi, Stephen

Anson Huang
Best Regards!


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> From: Stephen Boyd [mailto:sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx]
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] clk: imx6ul: add GPIO clock gates
>
> Quoting Stefan Wahren (2018-05-22 05:25:35)
> > > +++ b/include/dt-bindings/clock/imx6ul-clock.h
> > > @@ -242,20 +242,25 @@
> > > #define IMX6UL_CLK_CKO2_PODF 229
> > > #define IMX6UL_CLK_CKO2 230
> > > #define IMX6UL_CLK_CKO 231
> > > +#define IMX6UL_CLK_GPIO1 232
> > > +#define IMX6UL_CLK_GPIO2 233
> > > +#define IMX6UL_CLK_GPIO3 234
> > > +#define IMX6UL_CLK_GPIO4 235
> > > +#define IMX6UL_CLK_GPIO5 236
> >
> > this change looks like a breakage of devicetree ABI. You are changing the
> mean of the existing clock IDs on i.MX6ULL, which probably regress the
> combination of older DTBs with newer kernel.
> >
>
> Agreed. Why can't we just tack on more numbers at the end?

Ah, yes, I saw 6ULL are at the end of 6UL, so added them in 6UL, but did NOT consider the old dtb support.

Will send out a V2 patch to fix it, and I saw Fabio also sent a patch to fix the clko1/2 definition, I will do the
V2 patch based on his patch.

Anson.

>
> > >
> > > /* For i.MX6ULL */
> > > -#define IMX6ULL_CLK_ESAI_PRED 232