[PATCH v4 2/4] arm64: Remove the clock and PHY reference from the APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA Host controller dts node.

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Tue Jul 29 02:23:56 PDT 2014


On Tuesday 29 July 2014 12:24:50 Suman Tripathi wrote:
> This patch removes all clocks and PHY references from the APM X-Gene
> SoC AHCI SATA host controller and PHY DTS nodes. The clock and PHY
> are no longer needed as they are handled by the firmware. By removing
> only the reference is not enough as any un-used clock entry will get
> disabled by the clock framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Loc Ho <lho at apm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suman Tripathi <stripathi at apm.com>
> 

This will break booting on older firmware versions I guess, and
it does not confirm to the binding that lists the phy and clock
properties as "required".

It doesn't sound like a good idea to apply it.

	Arnd



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