[PATCH v6 4/4] soc: imx8m: change to use platform driver

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Thu Nov 26 03:07:48 EST 2020


On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 02:15:35AM +0000, Alice Guo wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel-bounces at lists.infradead.org> On
> > Behalf Of Adam Ford
> > Sent: 2020年11月25日 8:45
> > To: Alice Guo <alice.guo at nxp.com>
> > Cc: devicetree <devicetree at vger.kernel.org>; Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>;
> > Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>; Linux Kernel Mailing List
> > <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>; Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org>; Rob
> > Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>; dl-linux-imx <linux-imx at nxp.com>; Shawn Guo
> > <shawnguo at kernel.org>; arm-soc <linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] soc: imx8m: change to use platform driver
> > 
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 8:04 PM Alice Guo <alice.guo at nxp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Directly reading ocotp register depends on that bootloader enables
> > > ocotp clk, which is not always effective, so change to use nvmem API.
> > > Using nvmem API requires to support driver defer probe and thus change
> > > soc-imx8m.c to use platform driver.
> > >
> > > The other reason is that directly reading ocotp register causes kexec
> > > kernel hang because the 1st kernel running will disable unused clks
> > > after kernel boots up, and then ocotp clk will be disabled even if
> > > bootloader enables it. When kexec kernel, ocotp clk needs to be
> > > enabled before reading ocotp registers, and nvmem API with platform
> > > driver supported can accomplish this.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alice Guo <alice.guo at nxp.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > The patch reads V6, but the change log only shows V2.  Can you elaborate on
> > what has changed between V2 and V6?
> > 
> > adam
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry. The order of changlog is reversed. Thank Adam for pointing out the problem, and thank Krzysztof for reviewing my patch.
> Do I need to resend the patchset with the correct changelog order?

No, no need.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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