[PATCH 01/40] clkdev: add clkname to struct clk_lookup

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:11:50AM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:

> I don't like string loopup either. And after DT binding, we can use
> phandler to refer clk.

No, this is only useful on platforms that use DT.  This is a generic
Linux API so it needs to support architectures and platforms that don't
use DT as it's vanishingly unlikely that DT will ever be adopted by all
platforms.