linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 2/4] MIPS: Add board support for Loongson1B

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:32:34 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...sta.com>,
	Kelvin Cheung <keguang.zhang@...il.com>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	wuzhangjin@...il.com, zhzhl555@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/4] MIPS: Add board support for Loongson1B

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:10:26PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:

> > > This redefines a function that already is declared in <linux/clk.h> and
> > > defined in drivers/clk/clkdev.c.  Why?
> > 
> >     Because he doesn't support clkdev? clkdev support is optional.
> 
> I don't think it is a good idea not to support clkdev for new targets. Ralf 
> what do you think about it?

My gut feeling is that if there's a suitable generic infrastructure we
should use it, so use clkdev for new targets.  I was just wondering if
there's a good reason to doing things the way he did.

  Ralf
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