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

[Richard Zhao]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:24:02AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> 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.
My point is using string lookup as less as possible. When one register
a clk, one already got the struct clk* pointer and could use it in
struct lookup.

I'm worried about the performance as I saw string lookup is used more
and more often. In fast boot case, for example, even 5ms is important.

Thanks
Richard