[linux-next] "clk: add non CONFIG_HAVE_CLK routines" commit

[viresh kumar]

On 12/06/12 15:08, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:57:07AM +0100, viresh kumar wrote:
>> struct clk *clk_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
>> {
>>      return dev && strcmp(dev_name(dev), "fb") == 0 ? NULL : ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>> }
>>
>> I can remove first four without any issues, but just can't remove the
>> last one.  The dummy clk_get() always returns NULL, whereas this one
>> returns NULL only for fb device.
>
> This isn't a totally dummy clk implementation.  What it's doing is returning
> a dummy clock for the framebuffer, and explicitly failing everything else
> (because we have no need to support any other clocks.)
>
> If we want to use the dummy clk stuff in its entirety, and just return the
> dummy clock for all clk_get()s on this platform, then there isn't a problem.
> If we want to keep this behaviour, we need to use clkdev with the dummy
> clk implementation.

First one is easier and I would go with that, if maintainer of that file/module
accepts it.

@Sascha: Are you maintaining this module?

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Viresh

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