[PATCH 2/2] clk: Move init fields from clk to clk_hw
Paul Walmsley
paul at pwsan.com
Tue Mar 20 19:47:42 EDT 2012
Hello Sascha
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> [ C99 structure initializer elided ]
>
> This will make a 4000 line file out of a 500 line file. Now when for
> some reason struct clk_divider changes we end with big patches. If the
> clk core gets a new fancy CLK_ flag which we want to have then again
> we end up with big patches. Then there's also the possibility that
> someone finds out that .lock and .hw.flags are common to all dividers
> and comes up with a #define DEFINE_CLK_DIVIDER again to share common
> fields.
At least we can understand easily what is being changed. Readability,
particularly by others not familiar with the clock data, is more important
to me.
So like Saravana, I too prefer C99 structure initializers. At least there
should be a choice.
Quick quiz: in this line below:
imx_clk_divider("foo_clk", "bar_clk", CCM_BASE + 0x20, 0x5, 0x3);
which field is the bitfield shift and which is the bitfield width? :-)
- Paul
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