[PATCH 4/4] clk: mvebu: Expand mv98dx3236-core-clock support
Chris Packham
Chris.Packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz
Wed Feb 8 12:00:15 PST 2017
On 08/02/17 23:53, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 3:07:37 AM CET Chris Packham wrote:
>>>
>>> Actually I wonder if I can try a bit harder to keep a system booting.
>>> The following might work
>>> 1) add the compatible strings to the existing armada clock drivers.
>>> 2) update the dts to use the new compatible strings.
>>> 3) add the new driver and remove the compatible strings from the armada
>>> drivers.
>>>
>>> #1 would still upset checkpatch.pl because the documentation would only
>>> arrive in #2.
>>
>> Actually upon testing #1 is unnecessary. I lose some of the gated clocks
>> but nothing that prevents booting.
>
> Just to be sure: this means we can merge 2) and 3) independently and
> having just one of them will not cause regressions over what we have
> today?
>
Correct. And that's what I sent out as v2.
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-February/486467.html
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-February/486471.html
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