[PATCH] arm: mach-imx: enable all uart clocks for DEBUG_LL

[Wolfram Sang]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:27:26PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:56:07PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:57:36PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > If you want to move the DEBUG_LL uart, simply changing the base address
> > > in debug-macro.S will not be enough. One needs to enable the correct
> > > clock during clock init, too, otherwise the kernel remains silent. This
> > > is too easy to forget, so enable all uart clocks for DEBUG_LL to save
> > > precious developer time.
> > > 
> > I guess the patch is not welcomed from the power management POV.

Anything prefixed with DEBUG_* should be kinda safe from that POV :)

> > Shouldn't bootloader have enabled the clock for debug uart anyway?
> > 
> Hmm, bootloader should be the only one who can enable the clock for
> DEBUG_LL uart, as DEBUG_LL could be used at the very early point of
> kernel booting.

That would mean: remove all #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL and make sure the
clock won't get turned off during init. Sounds better to me, yet have to
have another look...

Thanks!

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