linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] clkdev: Add clk

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Date:	Mon, 2 May 2016 17:37:16 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] clkdev: Add clk_hw based registration APIs

On 04/21, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Now that we have a clk registration API that doesn't return
> struct clks, we need to have some way to hand out struct clks via
> the clk_get() APIs that doesn't involve associating struct clk
> pointers with a struct clk_lookup. Luckily, clkdev already
> operates on struct clk_hw pointers, except for the registration
> facing APIs where it converts struct clk pointers into struct
> clk_hw pointers almost immediately.
> 
> Let's add clk_hw based registration APIs so that we can skip the
> conversion step and provide a way for clk provider drivers to
> operate exclusively on clk_hw structs. This way we clearly
> split the API between consumers and providers.
> 
> Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Applied to clk-next

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