linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv9 03/18] TEMP: OMAP3xxx: hwmod data: add PRM hwmod

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Date:	Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:11:28 -0600 (MDT)
From:	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>
To:	"Cousson, Benoit" <b-cousson@...com>
cc:	"Kristo, Tero" <t-kristo@...com>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv9 03/18] TEMP: OMAP3xxx: hwmod data: add PRM hwmod

On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Cousson, Benoit wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> On 10/10/2011 9:24 PM, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> > Hi Tero
> > 
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Tero Kristo wrote:
> > 
> > > This patch is temporary until Paul can provide a final version.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo<t-kristo@...com>
> > 
> > Here's an updated version of this one.  The one change is that the hwmod's
> > name is now "prm3xxx" to reflect that the register layout of this IP block
> > is quite different from its OMAP2 predecessors and OMAP4 successors.
> > This should avoid some of the special-purpose driver probing code.
> 
> This is not really aligned with the naming convention we've been using so far.
> In both cases, the hwmod should just be named "prm". If a version information
> is needed, then it should be added in the revision class field.
> 
> It will make the device creation even simpler and not dependent of the SoC
> version.
> I did not check the whole series, but I'm not sure we need a special treatment
> in the case of the prm.

OK, sounds like this needs more discussion, so will drop this patch from 
the pull request.


- Paul
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