Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] clk: ti: add of_ti_clk_register() helper
From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Wed Nov 09 2022 - 03:53:14 EST
* Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [221109 08:28]:
> Hi Tony,
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 9:17 AM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [221109 08:06]:
> > > * Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [221106 17:36]:
> > > > The ti_clk_register() function is always called with the parameter of
> > > > type struct device set to NULL, since the functions from which it is
> > > > called always have a parameter of type struct device_node. Adding this
> > > > helper will allow you to register a TI clock to the common clock
> > > > framework by taking advantage of the facilities provided by the
> > > > struct device_node type.
> > >
> > > Makes sense to me.
> > >
> > > Do you have a patch to make use of this I can test with?
> >
> > I mean a patch to convert the ti_clk_register() callers to use this or
> > what's your plan?
>
> The first patch that calls this function is the second one in this
> series "clk: ti: dra7-atl: don't allocate` parent_names' variable ".
> Since I don't have the dra7 hardware, I have indirectly tested it on a
> beaglebone (gate clock driver) board. To do this I also
> had to add the of_ti_clk_register_omap_hw() helper. In the case of the
> dra7-atl driver it was not necessary because the setup
> function calls the ti_clk_register() directly.
> If you think it makes sense, I can do 1 or more patches that replace
> ti_clk_register() and ti_clk_register_omap_hw() with their
> counterparts of_ti_clk_register[_omap_hw]. And I could test this
> further series on the beaglebone board.
Yeah if you can please post one more patch separately replacing the old
users that would be great.
Regards,
Tony