[PATCH 7/9] dt: mb86s7x: add dt files for MB86S7x evbs

[Jassi Brar]

On 21 November 2014 22:39, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Friday 21 November 2014 22:19:43 Jassi Brar wrote:
>> >
>> > This seems weird: rather than have one clock controller node per
>> > clock source, why not just have one node with #clock-cells = >?
>> >
>> > Your controller seems perfectly capable of this, and you even
>> > put the numbers in the label. It would be much more straightforward
>> > to do
>> >
>> >         clocks = <&clk_alw 0 1>;
>> >
>> > than
>> >
>> >         clocks = <&clk_alw_0_1>;
>> >
>> > here. Possibly even
>> >
>> >         clocks = <&clk MB86S70_CRG11_ALW 0 1>;
>> >
>> > with #clock-cells = >
>> >
>> Is there a way to compact the dtsi and yet populate only clocks that
>> are actually ever used (instead of 6x16x9)?
>
> I believe the clock driver just wouldn't create the clocks until
> a device driver requests them.
>
Seems like the chicken-egg problem. Let me check.

Thanks
Jassi