Clocks used by another OS/CPU (was: Re: [RFC PATCH] clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Add interface for critical core clocks)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Dirk,

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> CC clock, ARM, DT, PM people
>
> TL;DR: Clocks may be in use by another CPU not running Linux, while Linux
> disables them as being unused.

> Of course this is not limited to clocks, but also to e.g. PM domains.

BTW, how do you prevent Linux from powering down the CR7 PM domain,
which contains the Cortex R7?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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