[PATCH v4 0/5] simplefb: add clock handling code

Tomi Valkeinen tomi.valkeinen at ti.com
Fri Oct 31 01:15:31 PDT 2014


Hi Hans,

On 22/10/14 19:45, Hans de Goede wrote:

> -We will add a clocks property to the simplefb devicetree bindings, so
>  that u-boot setup framebuffers passed to the kernel (for early console
>  support) can properly list the clocks used, and simplefb can claim them to
>  avoid them getting turned off, thereby breaking the early console

Perhaps this has been discussed earlier, but I started to wonder if
managing clocks is enough.

What about regulators (to power the LCD), gpios (to keep the LCD
enabled) and pinctrl (for video signals)? I guess any those could be
reset by the kernel if no driver uses them.

 Tomi


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