[PATCH v5 43/44] ARM: da8xx-dt: switch to device tree clocks

Sekhar Nori nsekhar at ti.com
Thu Jan 18 22:14:03 PST 2018


On Friday 19 January 2018 12:10 AM, David Lechner wrote:
> On 01/18/2018 09:27 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>> On Monday 08 January 2018 07:55 AM, David Lechner wrote:
>>> This removes all of the clock init code from da8xx-dt.c. This includes
>>> all of the OF_DEV_AUXDATA that was just used for looking up clocks.
>>>
>>> Note: You need to have clocks defined in your device tree or your system
>>> won't boot after this patch.
>>
>> I am not sure we can do this then, as we cannot break DT compatibility.
>>
> 
> In the past, you have told me that you don't want the .dts changes and code
> changes in the same patch. In this case, if you apply either one

Thats still true.

> separately,
> it will break clocks. It does not matter which one is first.
> 
> So either we have to squash [PATCH v5 44/44] ARM: dts: da850: Add clocks
> into this patch or deal with the breakage.

I am not so much concerned about temporary breakage in the middle of the
series, but more about DT compatibility after the entire series is applied.

Thanks,
Sekhar



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