[linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 4/4] simplefb: add clock handling code

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 02:48:02PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 01:32:50PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> > So don't do that if you're worried about it then, provide the bits of DT
> > that hook everything up from the start or otherwise describe things as
> > being in use.

> "Otherwise describe things as being in use" doesn't work for clocks for
> example. And Mike already said he wasn't willing to add something like
> an always-on DT property for clocks.

That's not the only way of doing things - another way would be to have a
stub driver that just holds the resources while working on getting a
full one in place for example.
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