[PATCH V7 0/6] Support building i.MX ARMv8 platforms clock driver as module
Stephen Boyd
sboyd at kernel.org
Fri Jul 31 20:04:52 EDT 2020
Quoting Shawn Guo (2020-07-29 08:26:35)
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:48:31PM +0800, Anson Huang wrote:
> > Nowdays, there are more and more requirements of building SoC specific drivers as
> > modules, such as Android GKI (generic kernel image), this patch set supports building
> > i.MX ARMv8 SoCs clock drivers as modules,
> >
> > The CLK_IMXxxx is introduced for i.MX ARMv7 platforms in order to make the build
> > options aligned, the reason why i.MX ARMv7 platforms clock driver do NOT support
> > module build and COMPILE_TEST is because, some drivers like i.MX GPT timer driver
> > depends on clock driver to be ready before it, GPT driver uses TIMER_OF_DECLARE(),
> > while i.MX6/7 clock drivers use CLK_OF_DECLARE(), and GPT driver is critical for
> > i.MX6/7 platforms kernel boot up, so GPT driver needs to be changed to support
> > loadable clock driver first, then the i.MX6/7 clock drivers can support loadable
> > module, this will be done later.
> >
> > Changes since V6:
> > - improve patch #6's subject and move it to be first patch of this series.
> >
> > Anson Huang (6):
> > clk: imx6sl: Use BIT(x) to avoid shifting signed 32-bit value by 31
> > bits
> > clk: composite: Export clk_hw_register_composite()
> > clk: imx: Support building i.MX common clock driver as module
> > clk: imx: Add clock configuration for ARMv7 platforms
> > clk: imx8m: Support module build
> > clk: imx8qxp: Support building i.MX8QXP clock driver as module
>
> Acked-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo at kernel.org>
>
> Stephen,
>
> I had sent v5.9 material off my hand to you, so please pick this up
> directly if it looks good to you. Thanks!
>
Ok. At this point it's pretty late so I think it will have to wait to
after the merge window unless there's an rc8.
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