linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: at91: add generated clock driver

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:28:55 +0200
From:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
To:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
CC:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	Josh Wu <josh.wu@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<mturquette@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: at91: add generated clock driver

Le 18/06/2015 14:59, Alexandre Belloni a écrit :
> On 18/06/2015 at 09:54:50 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote :
>>> I'd like though that this matter of fact doesn't block this piece of
>>> code from being reviewed or even better merged in order to ease this new
>>> SoC landing...
>>
>> The other side of that is that the sama5d2 might never make it, or take
>> very long to make it, into mainline. And this would then end up being
>> yet another chunk of code adding no value to mainline.
>>
> 
> Come on Paul, you prefer the current situation were each vendor have
> there tree and when support for an SoC lands in mainline it is already
> deprecated?
> 
> You have one vendor here, trying to get support for its SoC even before
> the silicon is available. Intel is always cited as being a good player
> in the linux community for doing exactly that. They even have to remove
> support for a CPU that was never manufactured...
> The main difference here is that we are no longer doinc everything in
> mach-xxx so we have to get the driver part mainlined and this requires
> synchronization. I really belive that you can't blame Nicolas to get the
> drivers first then the SoC in.
> 
> Also, Atmel has a good track record and their SocS are almost fully
> supported in mainline, you can trust that sama5d2 support is going to
> land there soon.

I've just posted it BTW.

And it contains the "HAVE_AT91_GENERATED" symbol.

Bye,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre
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