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From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
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	Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] introduce support for early platform drivers
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 07:16:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180531141645.GM5705@atomide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdUY+-_72DHg9Tim2d4E24k5KskQxm52bHSyrSYLbZDr2g@mail.gmail.com>

* Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> [180531 06:45]:
> Yes, they should all be drivers.
> 
> Assuming clocksources, clockevents, or primary interrupt controllers are
> special, and thus forcing everyone to use OF_DECLARE for the whole
> subsystem, doesn't fly everywhere.
> 
> Clockevents and interrupt controllers can have a module clock.
> All three can be part of a PM Domain, which requires a struct device to
> be handled properly.

I agree it sure would be nice to have all these as drivers. I believe
SoC specific clockevent using SoC specific clocks is the reason why some
clocks cannot currently be drivers.

Regards,

Tony

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-31 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-11 16:20 Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 01/12] platform/early: add a new field to struct device Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:24   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 02/12] platform/early: don't WARN() on non-empty devres list for early devices Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:24   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 03/12] platform/early: export platform_match() locally Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 04/12] platform: provide a separate function for initializing platform devices Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 05/12] platform: export platform_device_release() locally Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 06/12] of: add a new flag for OF device nodes Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 07/12] of/platform: provide a separate routine for setting up device resources Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:26   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 08/12] of/platform: provide a separate routine for device initialization Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:26   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 09/12] platform/early: add an init section for early driver data Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:29   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-15  8:41     ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 10/12] platform/early: implement support for early platform drivers Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 13:37   ` Rob Herring
2018-05-15 14:06     ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-16  1:06       ` Rob Herring
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 11/12] misc: implement a dummy early platform driver Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-11 16:20 ` [PATCH 12/12] of/platform: make the OF code aware of early platform drivers Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 21:32   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-11 20:13 ` [PATCH 00/12] introduce support for " Rob Herring
2018-05-14 11:38   ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2018-05-14 13:20     ` Rob Herring
2018-05-30 19:40       ` Michael Turquette
2018-05-30 22:36         ` Rob Herring
2018-05-31  6:42           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-31 14:16             ` Tony Lindgren [this message]
2018-10-19 12:08 ` Bartosz Golaszewski

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